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There\u2019s a city with the wackiest museum you have likely ever experienced and a funky street that time has passed by, a beer experience you won\u2019t forget and a cathedral covered in more than 41 million pieces of glass. It\u2019s St. Louis, MO, just a short flight from Chicago, a half-day train ride, or about a six-hour drive.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t been to St. Louis before then\u00a0it’s definitely worth a visit to the city\u2019s 630-foot-high landmark, the\u00a0Gateway Arch<\/a>. It represents a passageway to the west, exemplified by the likes of historic explorers like\u00a0Lewis and Clark. Don\u2019t worry if you\u00a0can’t take a decent photo through the weather-beaten windows at the top; just getting there via an amusement-park-style tram-car-enclosure is an experience to remember.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Gateway Arch Facebook<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another good reason to visit is to walk through history below the Arch. After being closed for the past few years, the Museum at the Gateway Arch reopened on July 3, 2018, after a multi-million-dollar renovation that also included the grounds. The newly done museum still takes visitors back in time but does so with even better life-sized figures, scaled-building models and dioramas of explorers, Native Americans, old-time St. Louis scenes, and pioneers traveling West.<\/p>\n

Now that you\u2019ve done the one touristy must-go-to spot, it’s time to check out\u00a0all of the other fantastic and funky, wondrous and wacky sights that St. Louis has to offer.<\/p>\n

\"You
You know before even entering that the City Museum is way out of the ordinary.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The name, City Museum<\/a>, sounds pretty ordinary, but clues that this institution is\u00a0outlandish appear before you even walk through the front gate. The planes you see hanging down\u00a0the museum’s side, the estranged Ferris wheel, and a bus leaning off the roof are evidence enough that this place is anything but ordinary.<\/p>\n

Once home to the International Shoe Company in the Washington Avenue Loft District, the building has now become a funhouse. Think Disneyland, but constructed of re-used, found objects\u00a0around the city. It has circus acts\u00a0that feel like a three-ring spectacle, has tunnels but also an aquarium,\u00a0features architectural leftovers\u00a0and a 10-story slide, includes an organ that sounds just like the one in Phantom of the Opera<\/em>. The City Museum is more than worthy of your time, and will you give you a grandiose perspective of the\u00a0town unfolding before you.<\/p>\n

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See a moon atop a hotel on the funky Delmar Blvd. in the Loop neighborhood.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Like Chicago, St. Louis is a city of neighborhoods. But one of those areas, The Loop<\/a>, has a funky street that will have you thinking you’ve stepped back 60 years ago.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Delmar Blvd<\/a>., a road where a trolley that used to \u201cloop<\/a>\u201d around the neighborhood now clangs down the center of the street, where a hotel called Moonrise has a revolving orb on its roof and 1950s furnishings inside. Head to\u00a0Fitz\u2019s<\/a>, where they serve up old-fashioned root beer floats and then to\u00a0Blueberry Hill<\/a> Restaurant & Music Club to celebrate rock \u2018n\u2019 roll legend and Hall of Famer Chuck Berry (\u201cMaybellene\u201d, \u201cJohnny B. Goode\u201d) with photos, a Jukebox, collectible paraphernalia, and live music.<\/p>\n

As if the moon might feel lonely in the Delmar firmament,\u00a0the planets are also around. Find\u00a0them on the Delmar Planet Walk<\/a>, where a scale model of our solar system can be seen in their respective order and relative distance along Delmar Blvd. But there is also another walk on the street. Chuck Berry and other famous folks from the town, such as Yogi Berra, Robert Duvall, T.S. Eliot, Marsha Mason, Sara Teasdale, and Tina Turner have sidewalk stars on the St. Louis Walk of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to take time for a fantastic beer experience. It doesn\u2019t matter what your preferred drink; the Anheuser-Busch\/Budweiser<\/a> tours of the company\u2019s historic buildings in the Soulard Neighborhood, topped by tasting a few in the\u00a0King of Beers’ Biergarten, offer a slew of selfie opportunities.<\/p>\n

With craft beers still a Chicago staple, it\u2019s nice to know what the bartender and menu mean when talking about IPA, hops, malt, and what the difference is between an ale and a lager. On the tours, you learn about the beer-making process, the ingredients, and how to pair the right foods with different beers. You may even be able to take a tour that includes the Budweiser\u2019s famed Clydesdales<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mosaics cover the inside of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sometimes it\u2019s just not possible to keep from saying,\u00a0Wow!\u00a0When it comes to wondrous sights, the millions of gorgeous mosaic pieces covering 83,000 square feet inside the\u00a0Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis<\/a>, otherwise known as the New Cathedral, still give everyone the element of surprise. With 41.5 million glass tesserae pieces to install, it\u2019s no surprise that it took builders from 1912 to 1988 to complete this masterpiece.<\/p>\n

Considered the world\u2019s largest mosaic collection outside of Russia, the Cathedral Basilica features Tiffany-designed mosaics on the sanctuary walls and inside chapels and August Oetken-designed mosaics in the main Cathedral areas.<\/p>\n

To find out more about these\u00a0bizarre and astounding attractions, go here<\/a> and\u00a0get to exploring St. Louis!<\/p>\n

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Featured Image Credit: Gateway Arch Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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