This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

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

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

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

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

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