The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

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

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

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

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

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

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

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

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

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

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