Places staceylanae Wants to Go

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

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

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

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

An old tree that is the final resting place for many pair of shoes.

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

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

A museum and gift shop in a small Illinois town commemorates the work of E.C. Segar and the local figures on whom he based his characters.

A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

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

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.