Sit down and let me share a tale (or is it tail?) with you about an old hog farmer in Missouri and what many believe was his great wealth which now lays buried somewhere under his farm. One problem trying to find it. It's supposedly guarded by the hogs he once raised.
There are many legends of buried treasure in both Missouri and Illinois. I noticed that especially when it comes to the Land of Lincoln, there are numerous legends that claim mobsters may have stashed millions under Illinois farms.
If you're up for a treasure hunt, I've found information about one that has never been found in Missouri. It's a cache of gold coins that is supposedly buried near Armstrong, Missouri along Highway 3.
There are no lack of stories and legends of buried treasure, but there is one that is starting to look like there's some truth to it. There is evidence mounting that there is a fortune in stolen Civil War gold that's buried somewhere in the Midwest.