This is not your typical jungle gym.

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

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

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

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

One of the last remaining French Colonial style churches, this centuries-old building was constructed using upright logs and no nails.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

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

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

This whimsical statue marks the high water level from the Great Flood of 1993.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.