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BY ERICA SMITH • esmith@post-dispatch.com | Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 6:00 am

Missouri and Illinois boast more than 120 National Historic Landmarks, some right in our back yard. Find out where they are.

 
 

What do the Gateway Arch, the Alamo and the Grand Canyon have in common? They’re all National Historic Landmarks.

Fewer than 2,500 places qualify for the designation, and 38 of those are within a 2-hour drive of St. Louis. In all, Missouri is home to 37 National Historic Landmarks and Illinois has 85.

Click on a pin on the map or a historic site in the sidebar to learn more about each landmark.

Posted in Multimedia, Travel, Local, National on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 6:00 am Updated: 5:32 pm. | Tags: Landmarks, Maps, Abraham Lincoln Home, Anheuser-busch Brewery, Cahokia Mounds, Champ Clark House, Christ Church Cathedral, Church Of The Holy Family, Dana-thomas House, Eads Bridge, Eugene Field House, Fort De Chartres, Gateway Arch, Graham Cave, Illinois Old State Capital, Joseph Erlanger House, Kincaid Mounds, Lincoln Tomb, Louis Bolduc House, Lyman Trumbull House, Mark Twain Boyhood Home, Missouri Botanical Garden, Modoc Rock Shelter, New Philadelphia, Nicholas Jarrott Manshion, Pierre Menard House, Principia College Historic District, Sanborn Field, Scott Joplin Residence, Shelley House, Ste. Genevieve Historic District, Tower Grove Park, Union Station, United States Customhouse And Post Office, Vachel Lindsay House, Wainwright Building, Washington University, Westminster College, White Haven, Erica Smith,