Places Rockette Wants to Go

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

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

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

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

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

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

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

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 otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

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

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

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

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

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

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