Heading through Missouri? Most have already been to Branson (appears that way in my home town as the summer traffic is all heading there) but its beautiful that time of year and you can see more museums, shows etc than you could see in 3 days, dip down to Eureka Springs Arkansas aka Lil Switzerland both are great drive and the scenery is awesome, Eureka isn't very commercialized like Branson. If you or the misses gets car sick nix the above and head up KS, but a bucket list for everyone ought to be the Speedway Motors Museum in Lincoln NE, the worlds supply of car everything is there, most of the floor in the 3 story museum is granite & marble so they can wipe the drool up easily! Best of luck Matthyj