St Louis Recommendations
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The Arch is worth a stop. Take the tram inside the arch for a fantastic long range view. Make reservations well in advance at Tickets. Have lunch at the Paddlewheel Cafe on the riverfront below the arch. Take a one hour cruise on a Mississippi River paddleboat there, too with Riverboat cruises. If you like that kind of thing, the St. Louis Zoo is one of the best around. Not as good as the Bronx or Smithsonian, but still pretty good. Concerts and plays at the Muny Opera in Forest Park (where the zoo is, by the way) are always enjoyable . . . look at https://www.forestparkforever.org/calendar for the schedule. Grant's Farm is the farm owned and operated by President Ulysses S. Grant, and now owned by Anheuser-Busch and is well worth a visit. BTW: It is used as one of the breeding locations for the famous Budweiser Clydesdales.
Hope this helps, Phil. Have a good trip.
Hope this helps, Phil. Have a good trip.
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I endorse raybrag's suggestions.
Like Lewis and Clark, everybody that went west, went through St .Louis- just not under the Gateway Arch.
The Mississippi River is the cultural, economic, and physical force that ties together the East and West Coasts of the USA.
With that said, check out the Eads Bridge. Go to Alton, Illinois just above the confluence of the Missouri River and see where the US Army Corps of Engineers meets the Mighty Mississippi- the Melvin Price Lock and Dam #26, Museum, tour and haunted Civil War town.
Get psyched up by listening to Johnny Horton sing "Battle of New Orleans", Chuck Berry (a STL native) sing "Memphis", and Samuel Ramey sing "Old Man River".
Like Lewis and Clark, everybody that went west, went through St .Louis- just not under the Gateway Arch.
The Mississippi River is the cultural, economic, and physical force that ties together the East and West Coasts of the USA.
With that said, check out the Eads Bridge. Go to Alton, Illinois just above the confluence of the Missouri River and see where the US Army Corps of Engineers meets the Mighty Mississippi- the Melvin Price Lock and Dam #26, Museum, tour and haunted Civil War town.
Get psyched up by listening to Johnny Horton sing "Battle of New Orleans", Chuck Berry (a STL native) sing "Memphis", and Samuel Ramey sing "Old Man River".
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Entropychaser had good suggestions. The Eads Bridge was the first bridge across the Mississippi south of the Missouri River. It was completed in 1874, and is still in use today (after some renovations). It originally carried railroad and road traffic, but the rail portion wasn't wide enough for modern trains, so it no longer carries Amtrack or freight traffic, but it does carry St. Loius' light rail system as well as road traffic. Probably the best place to see the mouth of the Missouri River is from the Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower across the river in Illinois. If you have never seen locks on a waterway or are a Civil War buff, the Melvin Price Locks & Dam 26 Museum are fascinating.