Places johncyrilokeefe Wants to Go

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

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

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

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

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

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

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

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

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

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

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

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

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

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

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.

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.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.