#80 best destination in the world

City Museum, St. Louis

Museum whose exhibits consist largely of repurposed architectural and industrial objects, housed in the former International Shoe building
Opened in 1997

Garden whose herbarium contains more than 6.6 million specimens
It is the second largest herbarium in North America, behind that of the New York Botanical Garden

Designated in 2004 by the United States Congress as America’s official museum dedicated to World War I
The National World War I Museum tells the story of the Great War and related global events from their origins before 1914 through the 1918 armistice and 1919 Paris Peace Conference
Visitors enter the exhibit space within the 32,000-square-foot facility across a glass bridge above a field of 9,000 red poppies, each one representing 1,000 combatant deaths

Art museum in Kansas City, known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art

National park located in St. Louis, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
The national park consists of the Gateway Arch, a steel catenary arch that has become the definitive icon of St. Louis, built in 1965
The park is along the Mississippi River on the site of the earliest buildings of the city, and the museum at the Gateway Arch

Art museum with paintings, sculptures, cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world
Its building stands in Forest Park in St. Louis, and features contemporary artists, as well as regular exhibitions of new media art and works on paper