Worth a DetourRoute 66
Illinois to California
The old Chicago-to-Los Angeles highway; its best-kept stretch of diners and neon runs across Arizona.
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Missouri
8 places and 42 sights on our lists.
Places in Missouri
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Worth a DetourIf You're Nearby
If You're NearbyBranson and the Ozarks
Missouri
A theater-packed Ozarks town of country music, comedians and the Silver Dollar City theme park, among lakes and forested hills.
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If You're NearbyCathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
Missouri
One of the largest collections of mosaics in the world, about 41 million pieces of glass covering domes and walls, in St. Louis's Central West End.
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If You're NearbyHannibal
Missouri
Mark Twain's boyhood town on the Mississippi, the real-life St. Petersburg of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
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If You're NearbyKansas City
Missouri
Barbecue, jazz in the 18th and Vine district and the National WWI Museum.
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If You're NearbyOld Cathedral of St. Louis
Missouri
The oldest cathedral west of the Mississippi, finished in 1834 and still standing beside the Gateway Arch.
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If You're NearbySt. Louis
Missouri
The 630-foot Gateway Arch, free museums in Forest Park and the Budweiser brewery tour.
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Sights in Missouri
Also in Missouri
Not on the short list, but here if your work or family brings you.