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

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

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

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

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

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

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

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

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

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

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

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

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.