Places vickeyhahn Wants to Go

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

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

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

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

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.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

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

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

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

The first commercial phone line west of St. Louis was installed thanks to a group of Cherokee businessmen.

An indoor botanical garden for tropical plants looks like a giant cylinder lying on its side.