Weird outdoor & roadside things to do in St. Louis
Looking for weird outdoor & roadside oddities in St. Louis? These 5 are the genuinely strange ones — Black Madonna Shrine and Grottoes, World's Largest Catsup Bottle, The Awakening II and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of St. Louis they'd never find on their own.
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Black Madonna Shrine and Grottoes
A sprawling, peaceful outdoor sanctuary hand-built by a Polish Franciscan monk, featuring intricate grottoes…
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World's Largest Catsup Bottle
Standing proudly at 170 feet tall, this iconic mid-century water tower was built in 1949 to advertise Brooks…
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The Awakening II
A dramatic, 70-foot-long cast-aluminum sculpture depicting a bearded giant struggling to emerge from the eart…
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Pink Elephant Antique Mall
A quirky Route 66 roadside stop housed in a 1920s high school, surrounded by giant fiberglass statues includi…
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Giant Vess Soda Bottle
A 34-foot-tall steel replica of a family-size orange Vess Soda bottle, originally built in 1953 as a rotating…