Zjane & Zayne
Things To Do
National Great Rivers Museum
A great place to learn about how the Mississippi River affects daily life in Alton and explore unique aspects of life in a river town. You can also go on a tour of the lock and dam that is very interesting.
Lewis and Clark Community College National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
This site, run by the Army Corps of Engineers, helps to keep the river healthy. You can stop by and learn all about the work they do here and sit and relax in the sun up on the green roof garden.
Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau
An excellent resource for all things Alton. Take a drive between the soaring limestone bluffs and the mighty Mississippi River. Our fall foliage is world famous!
Argosy Casino Alton
If games of chance are your thing, you're in luck.
Confluence Tower
This soaring tower takes you up high enough that you can see the confluence of the Mississippi River, the Missouri River and the Illinois River. The three rivers coming together is awesome but can make for historic flooding events like the 500 year flood of 1993.
Broadway Antique District
If you love history Alton is the town for you! Stroll up and down Broadway to poke through the many antique shops and be sure to stop by all of our monuments to the past like Lincoln-Douglas square which was the site of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debate. The Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument pays tribute to Lovejoy's fight for free press. If you're a music fan go visit the Miles Davis statue and sit out in the courtyard sipping a drink from one of the many drink venues.
Alton Room Escape
If solving mysteries is your passion this great puzzle room venue has 3 challenging rooms to choose from.
Lewis and Clark (Camp River Dubois) State Historic Site
Alton is also famous for being the location of the basecamp for the Lewis & Clark Expedition that helped map out the territories west of the Mississippi.
Pere Marquette State Park
If you are a nature lover you can't miss the stunning vistas and trails that make up Pere Marquette State Park and as luck would have it the wedding will be at a perfect time to see our world famous fall foliage as you drive to the park along the Great River Road.
Robert Wadlow Statue
At 8'11" Robert Pershing Wadlow is the tallest man to ever live and he lived his whole life here in Alton!
Alton Museum of History & Art, Inc.
A small, local museum where you can learn all about the history of this area.
Piasa Bird
If you don't go see the Piasa Bird and learn the legend behind this fearsome creature have you really even been to Alton? Take some time to check out the soaring limestone caves as well.