An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

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

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

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

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

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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