Places Sarah Finley Wants to Go

An actor's tribute to a former mentor.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

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

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

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

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

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

Nothing to see here.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.

Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.

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

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

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

A frog crossed this road, but whether it made it to the other side remains a mystery.

A collection of soda memorabilia that spans decades.

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