This bucket list region is slightly shorter than the other four, but is home to the capital city, Jefferson City.

Boonville

• Warm Springs Ranch: Home of the Budweiser Clydesdales!

Camdenton

• Ha Ha Tonka State Park: This park has the ruins of an old castle hidden within it’s property.

Columbia

• Rock Bridge Memorial State Park: This park features a natural rock bridge and several springs and sinkholes.

Devils Elbow

• Historic Route 66 Overlook: This was once one of the most dangerous stretches of Route 66.

Fulton

• Berlin Wall Breakthrough Sculpture: A neat memorial created to remember the effects of the Berlin Wall.
• National Churchill Museum: Museum dedicated to the life of Sir Winston Churchill.

Jefferson City

• Governor’s Mansion: We have been outside this mansion, but didn’t have a chance to tour it as it was closed the day we visited.
• Lewis and Clark Trailhead Plaza: This plaza was very neat when we visited with statues commemorating this dynamic duo.
• Missouri State Museum and Capitol: The state museum is located inside the capitol which is open to all and easy to take a self-guided tour through.

Lebanon

• Route 66 Museum: This museum is housed in the same building as the town’s library. It’s a nice little display of some history from the Mother Road.

Linn

• Where Pigs Fly Farm and Pigs Aloft Museum: This is the only pig museum in the United States!

Osage City

• Clark’s Hill-Norton State Historic Site: The Lewis and Clark Expedition camped out at this site.

Waynesville

• Frog Rock: Giant boulder painted to look like a frog.
• Route 66 Pulaski County Courthouse Museum: This museum contains pieces of the World Trade Center and Pentagon, so seems like it would be interesting to visit.
• Trail of Tears Memorial: This stop has storyboards detailing the life of the Cherokee Nation.

All attractions found in the 2018 Missouri Travel Guide.