Secret St. Louis: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, by David Baugher, 202 pgs.
Did you know that the original plans for HWY 170 included cutting through Brentwood and Webster Groves to connect to HWY 44? Or that that you can visit a nudist colony in Lonedell, Missouri? This book is a fun romp through some well-known and unique spots in the city with some unusual characteristics or history. Each chapter is only a page or two and simply highlights what makes a special area so strange and worthy of a second look. Some things you probably already know are here (the giant catsup bottle in Collinsville, the WWII tank in Bangert Park, etc), but readers might also be suprised to learn that the original, start-up location of KSHE 95 was a suburban home in Crestwood, or that the Cathedral Basilica in the Central West End is sometimes referred to as "the Rome of the West." Lots of fun stuff here and after a quick read-through, you'll wonder what else St. Louis has been hiding.
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