Places jdmoore Wants to Go

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

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

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.