A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

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

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

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

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

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

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

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

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

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

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

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."

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

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