A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

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

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

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

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

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

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.

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

A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.

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

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

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

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