Places froeckmann Wants to Go

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.