This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

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

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

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

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

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

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

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

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

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

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.