Things To Do

City Museum

Expect the unexpected. City Museum is a hundred-year-old warehouse in downtown St. Louis in which artists have repurposed the pieces of old cities to build miles of tunnels, slides, climbers, bridges, and castles. There are secret passages and grand galleries. Playgrounds and ball pits. A circus and a train. A rooftop school bus and a Ferris wheel.

Saint Louis Zoo

Home to over 13,000 animals representing 555 species, the Saint Louis Zoo is recognized worldwide for its innovative approaches to animal care and management, wildlife conservation, research and education. One of the few free zoos in the nation, the Saint Louis Zoo attracts approximately 3 million visitors annually and is the most-visited attraction in the region. And as a free zoo, visitors are encouraged to come back again…and again!

Missouri Botanical Garden

For over 154 years, the Garden has been an oasis in the city, a place of beauty and family fun—and also a center for education, science, and conservation. The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis. The Garden offers 79 acres of beautiful horticultural display, including a 14-acre Japanese strolling garden, Henry Shaw's original 1850 estate home, and one of the world's largest collections of rare and endangered orchids.

Gateway Arch National Park

The Gateway Arch, Old Courthouse and park grounds form a natural focal point for a vibrant downtown St. Louis. As an urban site, the Arch offers an oasis to visitors, while remaining in proximity to a number of local attractions, hotels, and restaurants. Visitors will find a number of downtown hotspots easily within walking distance, including historic Laclede’s Landing, trendy Washington Avenue and the recently rebuilt Busch Stadium, not to mention the storied Mississippi River. Tram Ride to the Top-learn how to buy tickets to enter the Arch facility Visit the new museum under the Gateway Arch and explore St. Louis' role in westward expansion.

Forest Park

Forest Park is one of the largest urban parks in the United States, even bigger than Central Park in New York. The park is home to monuments, historic buildings, wildlife, waterways and landscapes, it is a unique cultural institution that is vitally important to the entire St. Louis region. Forest Park is home to the region’s major cultural institutions – the Zoo, Art Museum, Missouri History Museum, Science Center, Muny Opera, Boathouse, Steinberg Skating Rink, Dwight Davis Tennis Center, Probstein and Highlands golf courses. It also serves a sports center for golf, tennis, baseball, cycling, fishing, soccer, rugby, running, walking and more.

Anheuser-Busch St. Louis Brewery

Since its founding in 1852, Anheuser-Busch has honored its historic brewing methods, maintaining the tradition of brewing the finest beers, one batch at a time. From the history-rich architecture - including three National Historic Landmarks - to cutting-edge brewing technology, you will witness first-hand the heritage and timeless tradition Anheuser-Busch employs to brew beer.

Urban Chestnut Grove Brewery and Bierhall

Lots of other breweries, too! https://www.stlmag.com/dining/15-top-breweries-within-15-minutes-of-downtown-st-louis/

St. Louis Cardinals

Busch Stadium is home to the best fans in baseball and 11 World Series championships.

Grant's Farm

A popular St. Louis destination since 1954, Grant’s Farm is the 281-acre ancestral home of the Busch family, named for Ulysses S. Grant who originally worked a portion of the land. Attractions include tram rides though the Deer Park, Grant's Cabin, the Bauernhof where you can can get a bite to eat, Tier Garten where you can see and feed animals, animal shows and more.

St. Louis Union Station

The reinvented main train station for St. Louis is now home to The Wheel, Carousel, Mini Golf, St. Louis Aquarium, Mirror Maze, Rope Course, Soda Fountain, Light Shows, and more.

Saint Louis Art Museum

The Saint Louis Art Museum was founded in 1879, at the close of a decade that saw the establishment of art museums in great cities across the eastern half of the United States. This Museum’s comprehensive collections bear witness to the inspirational and educational goals to which its founder aspired and the moral and democratic imperatives he embraced. What began as a collection of assorted plaster casts, electrotype reproductions, and other examples of good design in various media rapidly gave way to a great and varied collection of original works of art spanning five millennia and six continents. Today the quality and breadth of the Museum’s collection secure for it a place among the very best institutions of its kind.

Ted Drewes Frozen Custard

Throughout the years, Ted Drewes Frozen Custard has become a popular treat for St. Louisans and tourists to enjoy after visiting the Arch, the Fox and Muny Theaters, the St. Louis Zoo, or a Cardinal’s baseball game. Along with the delicious hot fudge sundae, Ted’s “concrete” has been the most popular treat at the custard stands. The concrete, which was created in 1959, is a malt or shake so thick that it is served upside down.

Faust Park

This park offers a playground for kids, trails, a restored carousel, and The Butterfly House where butterflies are free flight residents, Historic Village and Thornhill, the oldest standing governor's home in Missouri.

Saint Louis Science Center

The Science Center is one of the only free nonprofit science museums in the country, and serves more than one million people each year, making it one of the largest science centers in the U.S. and abroad. Our campus features more than 700 interactive experiences in ten galleries, as well as our indoor-outdoor GROW agricultural pavilion and gallery, our famous McDonnell Planetarium, and a four-story OMNIMAX® Theater.

Pappy's Smokehouse

Mama Toscanos Ravioli

Lone Elk Park

Lone Elk Park is a wildlife management area, with bison, wild turkey, waterfowl, elk and deer. Motorcycles are prohibited. Domestic animals are not allowed, even if confined in a vehicle.

Six Flags St. Louis

Six Flags St. Louis, originally Six Flags Over Mid-America, is a theme park located in Eureka, Missouri. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park opened on June 5, 1971, as the third of the company's three original theme parks. It is the only one of the original 3 Six Flags parks to be both owned and operated by Six Flags. (The other 2, Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Over Georgia, are owned by limited partnerships and operated by Six Flags.) The park was conceived by Six Flags founder Angus G. Wynne in the 1960s and was designed by Randall Duell. Its layout consists of eight themed areas, each of which contain numerous attractions, dining locations and live entertainment. The adjacent Hurricane Harbor water park is free with park admission.

Meramec Caverns

A bit outside St. Louis, Meramec Caverns is the largest commercial cave in the state of Missouri. Missouri is also known as the Cave State, home to more than 6,000 surveyed caves.