Places marykate Wants to Go

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

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

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

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

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

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

How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.