A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

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

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

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

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

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

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

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

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

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

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

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

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

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.