Linn County Courthouse, Mound City, KS.  The second oldest courthouse still in use in Kansas.

Marais des Cygnes River near La Cygne, KS.

"Heart of the River" Marais des Cygnes River southwest of La Cygne, KS.

Ox Bow Lake, southwest of La Cygne, KS.

"Smoke of the Battle" Battle of Mine Creek Reenactment, near Pleasanton, KS.

"Smoke of the Battle" Battle of Mine Creek Reenactment, near Pleasanton, KS. (Sepia)

Mound City Depot, located at the Mound City Historical Park.

The Mark Twain Riverboat offers site-seeing cruises on the Mississippi River at Hannibal, MO.

Locust Creek Covered Bridge is located in Linn County, Mo.  It was built in 1868 on the nation's first transcontinental road, Route 8.

Union Covered Bridge in Monroe County, MO, was built in 1871.  It features the Burr-arch truss design.

Well at the Shrine of St. Philipine Duchesne, near Mound City, KS.

Map of "The Trail of Death".  Shrine of St. Philipine Duchesne, near Mound City, KS.

The Shrine of St. Philipine Duchesne, originally the Sugar Creek Misson, pay tribute to the Pottawatomie Indians who were relocated there on the "Trail of Death".