Fairfield Inn by Marriott - Independence, MO

Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Missouri

While in Missouri, you might enjoy a visit to:

A relic of early roadside commerce, built in the late 1920s and shaped like an Indian teepee.
~45 miles from Independence.

A small collection of funerary items, some with an interesting historical connection, such as the wicker basket used to move dead Jesse James.
~53 miles from Independence.

Shot dead by a bad neighbor who thought that Drum had been killing his sheep.
~42 miles from Independence.

A bruiser of a sphere from a time when people mailed packages tied with thin postal string.
~35 miles from Independence.

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