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Monuments / Historic
Cahokia Mounds State Historic and World Heritage site
30 Ramey Street, Collinsville, IL, 62234
Tel: (618) 346-5160
Cahokia Mounds preserves sixty-eight of the original 120 earthen mounds built by pre-historic Native Americans. Visitors may climb a stairway to the top of Monks Mound, where interpretive signs provide an explanation of the impressive view. Other physical features include a reconstructed stockade wall and “Woodhenge,” a circle of posts around a large central post from which the sunrise can be aligned to determine the season and time of year.
Calvary Cemetery
5239 W. Florissant, St. Louis, MO
Tel: +1 314 381 1313
The gravesites of Dred Scott, General Sherman and playwright Tennessee Williams can be found here.
Clark Bridge
Hwy. 367 over Mississippi River, Alton, IL
Often called the "Super Bridge," the Clark Bridge links Highways 367 and 67 in Missouri to Alton, Illinois. The bridge, which has four traffic lanes and two bike lanes, spans 4,260 feet across the Mississippi River. The Clark Bridge was named after William Clark who, with Meriwether Lewis in 1804, commanded the two year 4,000 mile exploration of the Louisiana Purchase territory up the Missouri River into the Pacific Northwest.
Daniel Boone Home & Boone Campus of Lindenwood University
1868 Hwy F, Defiance, MO
Tel: +1 636 798 2005
The Historic Daniel Boone Campus and Boonesfield Village are likely to impress visitors not only with the size of the home but also the scope of the village that is coming to life behind it. The village has expanded to include over a dozen other 19th-century structures, including a chapel and schoolhouse. The Boone home, nearly 200 years old, is large even by today's standards. It rises four stories -- counting a kitchen and dining room in what might be considered a basement -- with limestone walls that are 2 1/2 feet thick. The home has seven fireplaces and a ballroom on the top floor.
Gateway Arch
11 North 4th Street, St. Louis, MO
Tel: +1 877 982 1410
The Arch is the tallest national monument in the United States at 630 feet; it is the city's best known landmark and a popular tourist attraction. The Gateway Arch reflects St. Louis’ role in the Westward Expansion of the United States during the nineteenth century. The park is a memorial to Thomas Jefferson’s role in opening the West, to the pioneers who helped shape its history, and to Dred Scott who sued for his freedom in the Old Courthouse.
Greater Ville Monument
Corner of Martin Luther King Blvd., St. Louis, MO
Tel: +1 314 534 8015
A monument that pays tribute to 20 famous residents of one of St. Louis' most historic neighborhoods. Open year round
Old Courthouse
11 N. 4th St., St. Louis, MO
Tel: +1 314 655 1600
Scott Joplin House State Historic Site
2658 Delmar, St. Louis, MO
Tel: + 1 314 340 5790
Shrine of St. Joseph
1220 N. 11th St., St. Louis, MO
Tel: +1 314 231 9407
Alton Prison
Visit the structural remains of Illinois’ first state penitentiary, which held thousands of Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
William Street at Broadway Street, Alton, IL (800) 258-6645
Confederate Cemetery & Monument
Once disease spread through the Alton Prison, 1354 Confederate soldiers perished and were buried in the Confederate Cemetery.
Rozier Street, Alton, IL (800) 258-6645
Lincoln Douglas Square
The final debate of Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln drew national attention. Life-like statues of the two statesmen memorialize the debates.
Broadway Street and Market Street, Alton, IL (800) 258-6645
Lovejoy Monument
The anti-slavery writings of Publisher Elijah P. Lovejoy led to his murder in 1837 as he defended his printing press. The monument is the tallest in the state.
Alton Cemetary, Monument and 5th Street, Alton, IL (800) 258-6645
Piasa Bird
The painting high on the bluffs of “The Piasa” meaning bird that devours men, continues to keep the legend alive in this great Native American tale.
Piase Park on IL Route 100, Alton, IL (800) 258-6645
Robert Wadlow Statue
Alton’s “Gentle Giant” Robert Wadlow still retains the title of the “World’s Tallest Man.” See how you measure up to his 8 foot, 11.1 inch life-size statue.
2810 College Avenue, Alton, IL (800) – 258-6645
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