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missouri aficionado // ig @showmestateofmind // slingin' Americana on etsy // visited 44 of 50 states // 30% of trails hiked in MO + KS // spring fed // LESSS GOOOO!!!!

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Knob Noster, Missouri

Whiteman Minuteman Missile Site

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

Added by 2timhill

Independence, Missouri

Leila's Hair Museum

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Josh

St. Louis, Missouri

Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis

A big museum full of little worlds.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Treme's Petit Jazz Museum

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

Morton Grove, Illinois

Mazalae Mongolian Restaurant

Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.

Andrew Coletti

Added by Andrew Coletti

Chickasha, Oklahoma

Chickasha Leg Lamp

A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.

Added by kennethrhagedorn

Tucson, Arizona

Campbell Bat Bridge

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

Added by kptucson

Weatherford, Texas

The Boardwalk at Lake Weatherford

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

forssa

Added by forssa

Portland, Oregon

Leach Botanical Garden

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

Added by portalsandplants

Pomona, Illinois

Pomona Natural Bridge

A natural sandstone bridge nestled within a mature forest in southern Illinois.

Added by traceywilson

Windsor, Illinois

Tower of Baa-Goat

A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a flock of Swiss ungulates.

Added by traceywilson

Ewing, Virginia

Sand Cave

Erosion has transformed this sandstone boulder into a massive dune-filled cavern.

Added by 1059313

Argonne, South Dakota

Argonne Ghost Town

Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.

Kevin OKeeffe

Added by Kevin OKeeffe

Williamsport, Indiana

Williamsport Falls

A small rural town hides Indiana's tallest waterfall.

kerusk

Added by kerusk

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Garvan Woodland Gardens

A beautiful botanical garden in the heart of the Natural State.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Denver Avenue Station

In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.

Added by ianlefk

Las Vegas, Nevada

Hidden Forest Trail

A spring and an enigmatic cabin lie in a ponderosa pine forest in the heart of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

slgwv

Winter Park, Florida

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Added by traceywilson

Orlando, Florida

Lee & Rick’s Oyster Bar

One of the oldest restaurants in Orlando is a no-frills seafood shack still shucking fresh oysters by the bucket.

Added by traceywilson

Apopka, Florida

Rock Springs

Approximately 65,000 gallons of crystal clear water pour out of this headspring every minute.

Added by traceywilson

St. Louis, Missouri

Levels Nigerian Cuisine

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

Big Bend National Park, Texas

Balanced Rock

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

Added by traceywilson

Mexican Hat, Utah

Mexican Hat

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

Dark Nebula Deluxe

Added by Dark Nebula Deluxe

Georgetown, South Carolina

Gullah Museum

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.

Added by janrod0819