One would probably not associate Missouri with fairy tales, but actually, there are some magical places where things seem a bit untouched, unaltered by time, and truly beautiful. See if you can imagine these places in these stories.
- A castle fit for a princess!
“Pythian Home of Missouri - Green County MO retouched” by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD - File:PYTHIAN HOME OF MISSOURI, GREENE COUNTY, MO.jpg. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons - The Pythian Home in Green County Missouri.
- You can’t see them, but you can imagine tree fairies riding acorn caps down this waterfall.
Flickr/ Darin House Dogwood Canyon in Branson.
- This could be the Enchanted Forest.
Flickr/ David Nichols Caney Mountain, Ozarks near Brixey.
- There could definitely be an old witch living inside this abandoned log cabin in Washington County.
“Noad Boyer Cabin-La Vieille Mines” by Kbh3rd - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - The Noad Boyer log cabin in Washington County is preserved by the Old Mines Historical Society.
- This could be Rapunzel’s tower.
Granger Meador Water Tower in the trees at Ha Ha Tonka State Park.
- You can just imagine Snow White’s seven dwarves mining this cave.
Flickr/ Dave Thomas Onondaga Cave State Park, Leasburg.
- OK, so we know it’s the lake and not the ocean, but can’t you just imagine the Little Mermaid walking up onto the shore on her new legs?
Flickr/ Vincent Parsons Lake Jacomo North Shore, Blue Springs.
- This could be the home of Goldilocks and the three bears.
Flickr/ Jena Fuller Abandoned home in Franklin County.
- This could be the setting for Cinderella’s Ball.
www3hilton.com Hilton President Kansas City Hotel, Elegant Congress Ballroom.
- Could this be The Swan Princess?
Flickr/ Paul Sableman A swan in Creve Couer.
- You can just imagine the Three Billy Goats Gruff confronting the troll in order to cross this bridge.
Flickr/ Annie Chartrand Bridge near Irondale.
Did you take a trip in your imagination? Which is your favorite photo? Please share in the comments below.
“Pythian Home of Missouri - Green County MO retouched” by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD - File:PYTHIAN HOME OF MISSOURI, GREENE COUNTY, MO.jpg. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons -
The Pythian Home in Green County Missouri.
Flickr/ Darin House
Dogwood Canyon in Branson.
Flickr/ David Nichols
Caney Mountain, Ozarks near Brixey.
“Noad Boyer Cabin-La Vieille Mines” by Kbh3rd - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons -
The Noad Boyer log cabin in Washington County is preserved by the Old Mines Historical Society.
Granger Meador
Water Tower in the trees at Ha Ha Tonka State Park.
Flickr/ Dave Thomas
Onondaga Cave State Park, Leasburg.
Flickr/ Vincent Parsons
Lake Jacomo North Shore, Blue Springs.
Flickr/ Jena Fuller
Abandoned home in Franklin County.
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Hilton President Kansas City Hotel, Elegant Congress Ballroom.
Flickr/ Paul Sableman
A swan in Creve Couer.
Flickr/ Annie Chartrand
Bridge near Irondale.
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