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

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

A big museum full of little worlds.

Home to a collection of artifacts and specimens from one of the world's preeminent geologists

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.

A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

A free museum that memorializes the deadliest river flood in American history, and the civil engineering efforts to tame the Mississippi River.