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Silver Dollar City
Best time to visit: Sept-Nov
Cost: $
- Amusement park near the cities of Branson and Branson West, opened in 1960
- The park themed as an 1880s Ozarks village, and is situated on the site of one of the Ozarks' oldest attractions, Marvel Cave
#8 in Best Theme Parks in the USA
#25 in Best Theme Parks in the World
#36 in Best Attractions in the USA
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Gateway Arch National Park
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- National park located in St. Louis, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- In its initial form as a national memorial, it was established in 1935 to commemorate: the Louisiana Purchase and subsequent westward movement of American explorers and pioneers; and the first civil government west of the Mississippi River
- The national park consists of the Gateway Arch, a steel catenary arch that has become the definitive icon of St. Louis
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- Art museum opened in 1994, in Kansas City, and it is Missouri's first and largest contemporary museum
- The Kemper Museum permanent collection includes more than 1,400 works created after the 1913 Armory Show to works by present-day artists
Table Rock Lakeshore Trail, Table Rock State Park
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: Sept-Nov
Cost: $
- Table Rock State Park is a public recreation area on Table Rock Lake along the city of Branson
- The state park's facilities include a marina, campgrounds, and trails for hiking and bicycling
Adam Puchta Winery, Hermann
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- The oldest continuously family-owned winery in the nation, under direct family ownership since 1855, offering wine tasting experiences, as well as the option to browse historical buildings and the wine cellar
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- 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, especially that of Imperial China
#40 in Best Museums in the USA
White Tail and Old Kate Loop, Parkville Nature Sanctuary
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- Wildlife preserve with a natural outdoor area made accessible by nearly three miles of hiking trails
Forest Park Wheels and Heels Path
Walk difficulty: Moderate
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- Public park in St. Louis, opened in 1876, more than a decade after its proposal
- The park has hosted several significant events, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 and the 1904 Summer Olympics
- The park's acreage includes meadows and trees and a variety of ponds, manmade lakes, and freshwater streams
Missouri Botanical Garden Loop
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- Botanical garden located in St. Louis, whose herbarium, with more than 6.6 million specimens, is the second largest in North America, behind that of the New York Botanical Garden
- Some highlights of the garden include, The Biblical garden featuring date palm, pomegranate, fig and olive trees, caper, mint, citron and other plants mentioned in the Bible; and Seiwa-en Japanese Garden, with lawns and paths set around a central lake, known as the largest Japanese Garden in North America
City Museum
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- Museum whose exhibits consist largely of repurposed architectural and industrial objects, housed in the former International Shoe building in St. Louis, opened in 1997
Saint Louis Art Museum
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- One of the principal U.S. art museums, with paintings, sculptures, cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world
- The collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum contains more than 34,000 objects dating from antiquity to the present
National World War I Museum and Memorial
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- Museum opened in 1926, designated by the United States Congress as the country's official war memorial and museum dedicated to World War I
- The museum focuses on global events from the causes of World War I before 1914 through the 1918 armistice and 1919 Paris Peace Conference
- Visitors enter the exhibit space within the facility across a glass bridge above a field of 9,000 red poppies, each representing 1,000 combatant deaths