Places Chynna Wants to Go

An underground river pushes more than 200 million gallons out of this Missouri spring every day.

It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

A version of this picturesque mill has existed since the 1800s.

This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

The creator of the Kewpie doll's former home has been turned into a museum celebrating her life and work.

A vineyard devoted entirely to an unexplored flavor frontier.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Away from the crowds of fishing enthusiasts, take a hike deep into the woods and journey into an eerie darkness.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.