Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Missouri

While in Missouri, you might enjoy a visit to:

A real plane on a Mexican restaurant roof has a big pepper for a pilot.
~12 miles from Independence.

Bronze statue honors David Rice Atchison, who had a 24-hour term as Commander-in-Chief in between James K. Polk and Zachery Taylor in 1849.
~34 miles from Independence.

The Madonna of the Trail is a pinkish, stony-faced pioneer Mom, in long skirt and bonnet, strutting westward with an infant in her arms.
~29 miles from Independence.

A big bruiser of a sphere, 19 feet around, from a time when people mailed packages tied with thin postal string.
~35 miles from Independence.

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