Places MissBex Wants to Go

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

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

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

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.

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

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

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

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

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

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

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

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

At Oklahoma Panhandle State University, a plaque marks a place once known as No Man's Land in the linear world and the fictional Kcymaerxthaere as well.

One of New York's most iconic authors is strangely honored by this Oklahoma park.