Places MissBex Wants to Go

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

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

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

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

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