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

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

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

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

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

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

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

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

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

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

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