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Unseen STL History June 2023 - Obscure Route 66
Learn about the history and efforts to preserve this landmark highway on June 15th with Joe Sonderman and Elizabeth Olwig
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Unseen STL History Talks - The early days of City Museum
Listen now (117 min) | Tim Tucker and Matt Philpott recount how the Cassillys and others created City Museum
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From Ireland to St. Louis, with love
From mountain man to businessman, Robert Campbell's legacy lives on at the Campbell House
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Why St. Louis tamed the River Des Peres
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A bridge, a park, a canal: Chain of Rocks
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The once and future mall
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St. Louis caves—and the breweries that loved them
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Turning radioactive waste into a tourist attraction
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The St. Louis Railway Exchange Building: a battle against time and absentee ownership
The former home of the Famous-Barr flagship store faces an uncertain future
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How a St. Louis tavern was part of the plot to kill Martin Luther King Jr.
The history of a former tavern on Arsenal St. in Benton Park
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St. Louis history going up in smoke
Reflecting on the loss of the Beck & Corbitt Iron Co. warehouse in North STL
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Bridges, shipwrecks, and salvage: St. Louis riverfront history
A brief trip along the St. Louis Riverfront
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Rescuing architecture
A visit to the National Building Arts Center
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Death and Circuses
The deaths and burials of Jesse and Frank James
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Going 'beyond the grave' in St. Louis
Explore the history of cemeteries, cremation, and body snatching in the city
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Unseen St. Louis
St. Louis history that doesn't get memorialized — but shouldn't be forgotten
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