Can you identify the background images on the map?
Discover more about the Missouri landmarks on the map using the links below.
Horse & Rider with a Satchel = Pony Express Museum, St. Joseph
Mickey Mouse Ears = Walt Disney Hometown Museum, Marceline
Slice Bread = Home of Sliced Bread, Chillicothe
Sun Dial = Shelter Gardens, Columbia
Columns = Francis Quadrangle, University of Missouri campus, Columbia
Knight Helmet = Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Kansas City
Handstand Kid = Children’s Fountain, Kansas City
Row of Books = Kansas City Public Library’s Community Bookshelf, Kansas City
Firefighter Hat = Firefighters’ Fountain and Memorial, Kansas City
Tower = The National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City
Soccer Ball = Kansas City Current, Kansas City
Football = Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City
Shuttlecock = Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Ribs = Kansas City BBQ, Kansas City
18th & Vine Sign = 18th & Vine District, Kansas City
Bat & Baseball = Kansas City Royals, Kansas City
Bicyclist = Katy Trail State Park, Regional
Giant Pumpkin & Fair Gate = Missouri State Fair, Sedalia
Dog Statue = Old Drum Statue (where the phrase “Man’s Best Friend is a Dog” originates), Warrensburg
Capitol Building = Missouri State Capitol, Jefferson City
Corn Cob Pipe = Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Museum, Washington
Route 66 Sign = Birth Place of Route 66, Springfield
Laura Ingalls Wilder = Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum, Mansfield
George Washington Carver = George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond
Octopus = Aquarium at the Boardwalk, Branson
Ferris Wheel = Branson Ferris Wheel, Branson
Girl & Dog in a Canoe = Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Regional
Light House = Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse, Hannibal
Mark Twain Sitting on a Steam Boat = The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, Hannibal
Beaver with a Hockey Stick = Missouri River Otters, St. Charles
Frozen Custard in a Cup = Ted Drewes, St. Louis
Triceratops = Dinosaur Replicas and Aviation Park outside the St. Louis Science Center’s McDonnell Planetarium, St. Louis
Horned Guan (Bird) = St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis
Building with a Ferris Wheel = City Museum, St. Louis
Hockey Puck with a Music Note = St. Louis Blues, St. Louis
Two Guys in a Boat with a Dog = The Captain’s Return (Lewis & Clark Expedition), St. Louis
Cardinal with a Bat = St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis
Arch = The Gateway Arch, St. Louis
Geodesic Dome = The Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Maya Angelou = Maya Angelou’s Childhood Home, St. Louis
Cylinder Structure = “The Way” at Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis
Megalith = Stonehenge Replica, Rolla
Cypress Tree, Blue Heron, and Turtle = Bootheel Wetlands, Bootheel of Missouri
Towosahgy History Book = Towosahgy State Historic Site, East Prairie