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

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

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

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.

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.

Featuring a Loretta Lynn display and a re-created coal mine exhibit.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Explore the flooded remains of a limestone mine in Kentucky.

An equine tribute in a charming Southern city that calls itself "The Horse Capital of the World."

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.