Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

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

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

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

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

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

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

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

A big museum full of little worlds.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

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

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.