Places melissabollman Wants to Go

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

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

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

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

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.

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

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

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

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

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

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

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

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

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

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

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

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.