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Best Things to Do in St. Louis

With its cache of vibrant museums, gardens, parks, and breweries, you'll find plenty of reasons to meet in St. Louis. Family-oriented travelers will likely venture to Forest Park for a Saint Louis Zoo visit. Others will savor complimentary drinks at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery before embarking on a pub crawl around The Loop. Wherever you start your expedition, just be sure to save time to marvel at the iconic stainless steel Gateway Arch rising from the heart of this Midwestern city.

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#1
Forest Park Free attraction
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.5

Why go: Forest Park is HUGE -- if you want to get an idea of how humongous, consider ... read more»

#2
The Loop Free attraction
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.5

Why go: Hipsters, unite! The Loop, a six-block district of restaurants, boutiques, bars, galleries and even some ... read more»

#3
Anheuser-Busch Brewery Free attraction
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.5

Why go: Besides tasting the ubiquitous Budweiser in the Hospitality Room, the main attraction at the Anheuser-Busch ... read more»

#4
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis Free attraction
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.5

Why go: Although this beautiful, Neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic cathedral was completed less than a century ago in ... read more»

#5
Gateway Arch
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.5

Why go: This monument to Westward Expansion is also an engineering marvel, which St. Louisians remain proud ... read more»

#6
Saint Louis Zoo
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.5

Why go: Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! The Saint Louis Zoo does house these three types ... read more»

#7
Grant's Farm
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.5

Why go: Owned by the Busch family and operated by Anheuser-Busch, Grant's Farm is home to ... read more»

#8
City Museum
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.5

Why go: The City Museum is hard to describe, so maybe we should use its own words ... read more»

#9
Missouri Botanical Garden
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.5

Why go: One of the more unique things about the Missouri Botanical Garden is that kids love ... read more»

#10
Busch Stadium
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Overall Rating: Rating: 4.0

Why go: Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals are much beloved by their hometown. A visit ... read more»

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