Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The life of one of America's pre-eminent painters is frozen in time in the home where he lived, worked, and died.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

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

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

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

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

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

This Connecticut ferry has been operating in some form since 1655.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

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

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

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

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.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

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

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

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