Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

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

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

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

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

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

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

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

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

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

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

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

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

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

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

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