If you love log cabins and also enjoy bears, there's a log cabin you need to see in Missouri's Ozarks. It quite literally has bears in the ceiling, but there's no need to be afraid.
There are very few places in Missouri where you can exchange your vows that would be better than this one. It's an epic estate that includes a storybook barn (literally) and a Civil War era cottage. Perhaps the most epic potential wedding location is the barn though.
Be aware that weather midweek could become interesting for many parts of Missouri and also some parts of Illinois as a storm system will be moving through the Midwest with significant snow possible.
The National Weather Service is warning that even though we haven't had much snow so far this winter, the recipe is right for Missouri and Illinois to both see snowfall and possibly soon.
Would you like to step into a time machine and see what life was like in Missouri back in the year 1876? You can in a virtual kind of way as there are pictures and video showing the inside of an abandoned Missouri mansion that was built that year.