Here is one of my favorite places near where I live.
Geologically significant, if you're into that sort of thing, but I've just always loved this valley in MO. I've never lived more than an hour and a half away from it. A lot of the money that supported the state of MO came from mining lead and granite in this area. Lot of history and lot of beautiful nature. Lots of fun roads to drive if you're into cars and lots of peace and quiet.
I'll stubbornly defend that Missouri is the best of the Midwestern states in the US for a lot of reasons, but the nature here is awesome.
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