St. Louis is the second-largest city in Missouri. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, the second-largest in Illinois, and the 20th-largest in the United States.
St. Louis Union Station is a National Historic Landmark train station in St. Louis, Missouri. At its 1894 opening, the station was the largest in the world that had tracks and passenger service areas all on one level.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceCity Museum is a museum whose exhibits consist largely of repurposed architectural and industrial objects, housed in the former International Shoe building in the Washington Avenue Loft District of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceRide the longest Rails to Trails State Park in the USA. This ride is on many people's bucket list! Give us a call for more details
Book this experienceThe Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church located in the Central West End area of St. Louis, Missouri. Completed in 1914, it is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the seat of its archbishop, currently Mitchell T. Rozanski.
Learn more Book this experienceGateway Arch National Park is an American national park located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The memorial was established to commemorate: the Louisiana Purchase and subsequent westward movement of American explorers and pioneers; the first civil government west of the Mississippi River; and the debate over slavery raised by the Dred Scott case.
Learn more Book this experienceThe Mississippi river is deep in the psyche of St. Louis but it's the people it brought here that cemented our identity. Our Gateway Arch is the physical representation of what the city was for millions: their gateway to the American dream! We will walk from the river up into the city and talk about the forces that have shaped St. Louis from its first indigenous peoples to the forest of buildings that exist now. ***please write your preferred tour time in the “special requirements“ section and you will be contacted after purchase to coordinate your booking.
Book this experiencePowell Hall is the home of the St. Louis Symphony. It was named after Walter S. Powell, a local St. Louis businessman, whose widow donated $1 million towards the purchase and use of this hall by the symphony. The hall seats 2,683.
View on Google Maps Book this experienceBloody Island was a sandbar or "towhead" in the Mississippi River, opposite St. Louis, Missouri, which became densely wooded and a rendezvous for duelists because it was considered "neutral" and not under Missouri or Illinois control.
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