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Saint Louis Surrounding Area
Attractions Around St. Louis
Six
Flags Over Mid-America: Over 100 exciting
rides, spectacular shows and a world of fantasy awaits
guests of all ages.
Casino
Queen: A notable stop on the Metrolink, the
Queen offers games of chance, fine dining and riverboat
cruises on "old man river" just across from
Downtown St. Louis.
Grant's
Farm: A wildlife preserve operated by
Anheuser Busch with free admission, guests take trams through
the farm, which was originally owned by General Grant,
to view historic native wildlife, other animals, and the
famous Busch Clydesdales. Guests are invited to sample
some Busch products before they leave.
The
Magic House - St. Louis Children's Museum:
An exciting, unique, hands-on museum where you can
explore, share, create, discover, pretend, experience
and have fun.
MBG Butterfly House:
A public natural habitat dedicated to the education of
butterflies, it is a "crystal
palace" filled with thousands of butterflies in
free flight.
Cahokia
Mounds State Historic Site: The site of the
largest prehistoric Indian city north of Mexico,
archeological finds date from 700 AD to 1400 AD.
Fairmont Park:
Thoroughbred and harness racing in Collinsville,
Illinois. Minutes from downtown, accessible via
Interstates 70 and 255.
Alton Belle Casino: Gambling cruises
and dinner on the upper Mississippi. First casino in the
St. Louis area.
Westport Playhouse: This
theatre-in-the-round features top musicians, comedians
and musical theatre performances.
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater: Top-named
artists perform at this 7,000 reserved seat and 1,300
lawn seat venue with a state-of-the-art sound system and
four video screens.
Raging
Rivers WaterPark: Play in water. Pick your
attraction: Breaker Beach, Itty Bitty Surf City,
Treehouse Harbor, Shark Slide, Runaway Rafts, Swirlpool,
Trickle Creek, or Cascade Body Flume.
St.
Louis Car Museum: The largest car museum in
the Midwest, with over 150 cars displayed in a showroom
that covers 55,000 square feet over 5 acres. There’s a
wide variety of cars from nearly every era.
Gateway
International Raceway: CART, NHRA, and
NASCAR racing.
National
Museum of Transportation: This museum
contains an unparalleled collection of widely varied
prototype engines, freight and passenger cars,
maintenance of way equipment, and traction, as well as
other forms of transportation (boats, planes, cars and
that kind of stuff). Over 300 different exhibits,
including a Union Pacific Big Boy, DD40X, GG-1, Rock
Island Aerotrain, Reading camelback, the GM demonstrator
FT, a Santa Fe "Santa Fe", Burlington Zephyr
and the famous operating Frisco 1522 mountain.
Bigfoot
4x4: Visit the home of "the original
Monster Truck," and enjoy numerous displays,
including the world's largest pickup truck.
Purina Farms:
Explore the special relationship between man and
domestic animals. Features live pets and domestic
animals, educational displays, videos, hands-on
activities, and live animal demonstrations. Free
admission and parking. Gray Summit, Mo.
Laumeier Sculpture Park: This park
is open every day from 8am to one half hour past sunset
and features walkways and trails, including trails
through wooded areas, connecting 88 outside sculptures.
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