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#1 Gateway Arch This monument to the country's westward expansion is also an engineering marvel, which St. Louisans remain proud of more than 50 years after its construction. The stainless steel Gateway Arch ... Read more » f11photo / iStock / Getty Images

#2 Forest Park Forest Park is huge. If you want to get an idea of how large, consider this: It's about 500 acres larger than New York City's sprawling Central Park ... Read more » JByard / iStock / Getty Images

#3 Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis Although this beautiful, neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic cathedral was completed less than a century ago in the early 1900s (long after many of the churches in Europe), the Cathedral Basilica of ... Read more » JByard / iStock / Getty Images

#4 Saint Louis Zoo Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! The Saint Louis Zoo does house these three types of mammals, but it also boards armadillos, sloths, swans, penguins, turtles, gators and tarantulas, along with ... Read more » Phil Thomas / Flickr

#5 Grant's Farm Grant's Farm was built by Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant, who settled on the land in 1854 to farm and raise cattle. Eventually, the namesake would gain fame ... Read more » Carl Wycoff / Flickr

#6 City Museum Downtown West's City Museum is hard to describe, so maybe we should use its own words: "an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel ... Read more » Thomas Hawk / Flickr

#7 Saint Louis Art Museum Whether you enjoy art or are just looking for a way to pass the time while exploring Forest Park, travelers suggest checking out the Saint Louis Art Museum. Home to ... Read more » JByard / iStock / Getty Images

#8 Saint Louis Science Center Just south of Forest Park's Oakland Avenue border lies the Saint Louis Science Center. At this free museum, travelers can check out more than 700 hands-on exhibits about animals ... Read more » Trevis Rothwell / Flickr

#9 Missouri Botanical Garden One of the more unique things about the Missouri Botanical Garden is that kids love it. And why wouldn't they? The Doris I. Schnuck Children's Garden features a ... Read more » ksteffens / iStock / Getty Images

#10 The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum If you're traveling with little ones, save time for a visit to The Magic House. This children's museum in Kirkwood, a southwest suburb of St. Louis, offers a ... Read more » Courtesy of The Magic House

#11 Busch Stadium Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals are much beloved by their hometown. A visit to Busch Stadium will prove that, as you see the ballpark bathed in swaths of ... Read more » AndreyKrav / iStock / Getty Images

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# The Fabulous Fox Theatre Read more » JByard / iStock / Getty Images

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