A Bauhaus co-founder designed this quirky, abandoned granary.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A big museum full of little worlds.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol. 

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.