Places Klyse Wants to Go

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

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

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

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

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

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

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

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

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

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