Places Corinne OBryan Wants to Go

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

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

The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.

Around 50 million gallons of water flow from this spring every day.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.