Places rbowptown Wants to Go

Away from the crowds of fishing enthusiasts, take a hike deep into the woods and journey into an eerie darkness.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

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

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

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

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

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

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

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.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.