If you had to pick a few places to visit in Missouri, the top choices would likely be Kansas City, Branson, or natural spots like the Lake of the Ozarks. However, there is so much more to experience in the Show-Me State if you start to look a little closer. Just south of Springfield, near Missouri's southern border, is the small town of Nixa, aka the "crossroads of the Ozarks," thanks to its prime location at the junction of Highway 14 and Highway 160.