St. Louis Magazine's Top Photos of 2016

Photo by Kevin A. Roberts

Two years ago, staff writer Jeannette Cooperman watched Jus Marianne Wagner recite a poem for a senior pageant audition. The end of the poem revealed that Wagner had been illiterate until she reached her sixties. The confident way that Wagner carried herself struck Cooperman, who later

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Sometimes, Plan B is the best plan. The concept, research, and execution of this T-rav tower for the

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According to Roberts, Scary Gary holds the record for the Most Blood Spilled on Set. But who can blame a professional scary man with more than two decades of costume and makeup experience? Besides, a little Halloween cheer

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These tasty tacos were included in a blog post

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Blues musician Big George Brock lives up to his name.

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This twice-baked croissant from

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Elegance graces every surface of I Fratellini. For

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Step aside, man caves. The she shed is here. And designer Rachel Roe's $2,500 backyard getaway is the epitome of every lady artist's dream space. “I look at things in a totally different way now,”

Photo by Kevin A. Roberts