Gateway Arch National Park
Under $25Ride a tiny tram pod 630 feet up America's tallest monument for sweeping views of the Mississippi and the city skyline.
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Photo: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, NPS from St. Louis, MO, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
Cruise the mighty Mississippi on a classic paddlewheel replica with the Arch towering overhead. Skyline views guaranteed.
50 S Leonor K Sullivan Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63102 · St. Louis, MO
Board the Tom Sawyer or Becky Thatcher for a narrated one-hour cruise along the Mississippi, with unbeatable photo angles of the Gateway Arch and the working river. Evening dinner and blues cruises turn it into a full night out. It's the most relaxing way to see St. Louis the way travelers have for two centuries, from the water.
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