This Super 8 Motel in Chillicothe, Mo., is close to many historical sites, including General John J. Pershing's boyhood home, Walt Disney's Hometown Museum, and the Jesse James Home and Pony Express Museum 70 miles away in St. Joseph, Mo. St. Joseph's also includes the Frontier Casino. The Super 8 also is close to restaurants, bars and lounges, a YMCA with indoor heated pool, deer and turkey hunting, bluegrass music festivals, and Pershing State Park with fishing, nature hikes, walking trails and swimming. Travelers are just 30 minutes from the Jamesport-Amish and Mennonite communities with antique shops, bakeries, quilts and crafts, and festivals.

Baseball and football fans are 90 minutes from Arrowhead Stadium, home to the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs.