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St. Louis, Missouri
 St.
Louis was
incorporated as a city in 1823, and it’s been a booming
center of commerce ever since.
In St. Louis, they say, “There’s More Than Meets the
Arch.” More, as in more than a thousand different
restaurants, more than 20 museums and more than a dozen
theatres – in a city of more than 2.5 million people.
The most famous feature, of course, is the Gateway
Arch-Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the
St. Louis riverfront. Built in 1965, more than 4 million
guests each year tour the 630-foot monument, the tallest
manmade monument in the nation. If you climb to the top, you
can see for 30 miles, across the city of St. Louis and beyond.
The city is the geographic hub of the United States, with most
major cities located within a 2- to 3-hour flight from
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
 Whether you’re into parks, the blues or the St. Louis Blues
(hockey team), there’s something for everyone in the city.
And many attractions are free of charge: the Saint
Louis Zoo; the Missouri History Museum; the
Science Center; Route
66 State Park, and the Annheuser-Busch Brewery,
just to name a few.
When
President Thomas Jefferson sent explorers Lewis & Clark
from St. Louis to chart the new Louisiana Territory in 1804,
more than 1,000 people, mostly French, Spanish, Indian and
both free and slave blacks, lived in the city. When they
returned two years later, St. Louis had become a major jumping
off point for pioneers and trappers. Visitors can follow the
adventures of Lewis & Clark at several museums, historic
sites and the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers. Throughout the 19th century, Germans and Irish also
migrated to St. Louis, making it one of the most culturally
rich destinations in the country.
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