Places maibyers Wants to Go

A chessmaster's dream destination.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

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

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

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.

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

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

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

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

A mysterious local has been dressing the child's grave for decades.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.

The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.

One of the oldest continually operated libraries in Kansas.

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

Built in 1869, this one-room rural schoolhouse welcomes visitors to travel back to 1904 school day.

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

The life of one of America's pre-eminent painters is frozen in time in the home where he lived, worked, and died.