Places froeckmann Wants to Go

An incredibly salty lake inside the crater of an extinct volcano.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A hidden museum focusing on the sexual aspects of anthropology.

An icy behemoth that towers over you with a blue ice cave in the winter and a roaring creek in the summer.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.

Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.

Creativity is far from extinct in Missouri, and this painted dinosaur is no exception!

This octagonal rotary jail built in 1889 now serves as a visitor's center.

See the world's biggest spool of thread, along with the largest collection of sewing machines.

Three historic trains run on a half-mile track that features a tunnel.

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

First crafted during the 19th century, the mill was fully restored in 1983.

A vineyard devoted entirely to an unexplored flavor frontier.

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