A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

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

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

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

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

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

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

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

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

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

The fourth-oldest baseball stadium in the United States is in a league of its own.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

A life-sized memorial to Harry L. Collins, the official corporate magician of Frito-Lay.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.