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Travel Info I will being going to the arch and to the "Old Spagehetti Factory," but I am looking for something more orginal than what the visit st.louis site offers. Travel Tips The City Museum is fun if you have kids. The Science Center is fun. The St. Louis Zoo is fun and free. You should go to shopping in the U-City Loop, it has many independently run shops. Once you are in town pick up the River Front Times (a free news paper that you can find in most coffee shops around) and check out the local concert listings and go see a local show. Or you can check out the Riverfront Times online at http://www.rftstl.com/ Source(s): http://www.rftstl.com/ Other Travel Tips getting mugged is always fun. Tourism City MuseumThere are several museums and attractions in the city. The privately-owned City Museum offers a variety of interesting exhibits, including several large faux-caves and a huge outdoor playground. It also serves as a meeting point for St. Louis' young arts scene. The Eugene Field House, located in downtown St. Louis, is a museum dedicated to the distinguished children's author. The Missouri History Museum presents exhibits and programs on a variety of topics including the 1904 World's Fair, and a comprehensive exhibit on Lewis and Clark's voyage exploring the Louisiana Purchase. The Fox Theatre, originally one of many movie theatres along Grand Boulevard, is now a newly restored theatre featuring a Byzantine facade and Oriental decor. The Fox Theatre presents a Broadway Series in addition to concerts. The St. Louis Union Station is popular tourist attraction with retail shops and a luxry hotel. Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.There are several notable churches in the city, including the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis (more commonly known as "the New Cathedral"), a large Roman Catholic cathedral designed in the Byzantine and Romanesque styles. The interior is decorated with lovely mosaics, the largest mosaic collection in the world. The Basilica of St. Louis, King of France (1834) (more commonly known as the "Old Cathedral") is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral west of the Mississippi River. The Old Cathedral is located adjacent to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. Also notable is the abbey church of Saint Louis Abbey, whose distinctive architectural style garnered multiple awards at the time of its completion. The Gateway Arch, part of the Memorial, is arguably the city's best known landmark, as a well as a popular tourist site. This Memorial commemorates the acquisition and settlement, by the citizens of the United States of America, of all of the lands west of the Mississippi River that are part of the nation today. The Arch, and the entire 91 acres of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial park, occupy the exact location of the original French village of St. Louis (1764-1804). Unfortunately, no buildings from that era exist today. View of the Arch from the Old Cathedral.The Hill is an historically Italian neighborhood where many of the area's best Italian restaurants can be found. The Hill was the home of Yogi Berra, Joe Garagiola, and many other noted atheletes, as well as sports announcer Jack Buck. The Saint Louis Zoological Park is one of the oldest and largest free-admission zoos in the country, and is home to an Insectarium and the Prairie Village. The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame and St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum are located near Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis. Laclede's Landing, located on the Mississippi Riverfront directly north of the historic Eads Bridge, is popular for its restaurants and nightclubs. St. Louis also possesses several distinct examples of 18th and 19th century architecture, such as the Soulard Market district (1779-1842), the Chatillon-de Menil House (1848), the Bellefontaine Cemetery (1850), the Robert G. Campbell House (1852), the Old Courthouse (1845-62), the original Anheuser-Busch Brewery (1860), and two of Louis Sullivan's early skyscrapers, the Wainwright Building (1890-91) and the Union Trust Building. The Lemp Mansion, home of the ill-fated Lemp family, brewers of Falstaff Beer and others, is considered one of the most haunted places in the nation. [edit] Tourism outside the city proper The Butterfly House is located in western St. Louis County. The Museum of Transportation is in Kirkwood, a suburb in southwestern St. Louis County. Many large steam locomotives, classic cars, a rare Chrysler Turbine car, and even a boat are some of the spectacles. The Magic House, a children's hands-on exploration museum, and Worldways Children's Museum, an international children's cultural museum, are also in Kirkwood. The Delmar Loop, in University City, just west of the St. Louis city line, is a popular entertainment, cultural, and restaurant district. Six Flags St. Louis, known as "Six Flags over Mid-America" when it opened in 1971, is an amusement park in Eureka, Missouri, in far west St. Louis County. It is one of the original Six Flags. Saint Charles is the seat of St. Charles County and first capital of the state of Missouri. Cahokia Mounds, located eight miles east of St. Louis near Collinsville, Illinois, holds the ruins of a city of the ancient Mississippian aboriginal culture. Similar mounds within St. Louis, used as construction fill in the 1800s, gave the city one of its nicknames, "Mound City". wikipedia.org For indoor things, try the Anhuesuer Busch Tour... its free and there are free samples of AB products at the end. Union Station is a nice tourist attraction. And for some of the best ice cream and candy around try Crown Candy... its a best kept secret. If you have kids with you, you must stop at the City Museum and the STL Zoo is always free! this isn't 'original' but we've got a top ten zoo and a nationally renown art museum--both are free and located by Washington University (in Forest Park.) You can tour the A-B brewery--a lot of ppl enjoy that. I wouldn't waste money going up in the Arch--it isn't worth it. You can catch a metrorail down by the spag factory on Laclede's landing and get almost anywhere in the suburban area. The 'Loop' in Delmar (Big Bend and Delmar) is a cool club and restauant spot. Your best bet for offbeat adventures is to check out our alternative newspaper at www.rftstl.com. it comes out every Thursday and lists concerts, activities etc. |
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