Places KR Peart Wants to Go

Learn about puppetry and get a chance to make your own puppet.

This interactive museum preserves the big aviation history of this small Missouri town

The final resting place of the legendary outlaw.

The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.

The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.

The only mill in the state that features a covered bridge.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

A collection of soda memorabilia that spans decades.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

Creativity is far from extinct in Missouri, and this painted dinosaur is no exception!

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

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

Away from the crowds of fishing enthusiasts, take a hike deep into the woods and journey into an eerie darkness.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.