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The final resting place of Adolphus Busch. Wow! The story goes that a couple years after he died his widow (Lilly Anheuser) decided the family mausoleum wasn't good enough for him and had this one built - and had the other members of the family who were inside the previous mausoleum reinterred outside! The structure cost $250,000 when it was built in 1921 - the average annual income was less than $3,000 (IRS figures).

Details at the entrance to Adolphus Busch's mausoleum.

The interior stained glass in Adolphus Busch's mausoleum.

More stained glass in Adolphus Busch's mausoleum; this time on the side wall.

Entrance to the mausoleum of Adolphus Busch. Veni, Vidi, Vici is Latin for I came, I saw, I conquered.

The relatives lined up OUTSIDE the mausoleum.

Beer caps left by visitors line the gates of Adolphus Busch's mausoleum at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

Inside a small unkept mausoleum across from Adolphus Busch's palatial mausoleum. Although the first interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery was not until 1850, many families had their loved ones reinterred there.

Another memorial inside the Wall mausoleum.

Detail of a very old statue. The cemetery dates back to 1850.

Close-up of a larger than life-size figure at a gravesite.

The Ellis Wainwright Tomb (built 1891). Created by Louis Sullivan - who had recently completed what is considered to be the world's first skyscraper in St. Louis.

The Anheuser mausoleum.