Welcome to the Lou

There’s more to St. Louis than the Gateway Arch. (Although you should definitely stop to admire the Arch.) St. Louis also has beer, baseball, museums, beer, historic sites, charming neighborhoods, beer and all sorts of entertainment. Here’s a sample of the adventures waiting for you.

Breweries

Anheuser-Busch brewery tour  //  12th and Lynch streets, St. Louis  //  314.577.2626
The free guided tour through the 159-year-old brewery features the historic Budweiser Clydesdale stable and extraordinary architecture. Anyone 21 years of age or older can sample A-B products after the tour.

Morgan Street Brewery and Restaurant  //  721 N. Second St., St. Louis  //  314.231.9970
This Laclede Landing microbrewery was founded in 1995 and offers free wi-fi access.

The O’Fallon Brewery  //  26 W. Industrial Drive, O’Fallon, MO  //  636.474.BEER
Co-owner Tony Caradonna has a journalism degree; he knows beer. The newest kid on the beer block, O’Fallon has already established itself in the national beer market.

Schlafly Bottleworks  //  7260 Southwest Ave., Maplewood, MO  //  314.241.BEER
Walk through the brewery and every step of the brewing process. This free tour ends with complimentary samples of several styles of Schlafly beer.

Schlafly Tap Room  //  2100 Locust St., St. Louis  //  314.241.BEER
Founded in 1991, The Tap Room was Missouri’s first brewpub. It’s a casual, everyone-knows-your-name kind of place.

Square One Brewery and Distillery  //  1727 Park Ave., St. Louis  //  314.231.2537
In addition to beer, Square One also distills and produces vodka, gin, three types of rum, a tequila-like spirit and Mello Cello, which is similar to limoncello but made with blood oranges.

Trailhead Brewing Co.  //  921 S. Riverside Drive, St. Charles  //  636.946.2739
Try a variety of pilsners, stouts and ales, all made on-site.

Baseball

Busch Stadium  //  700 Clark St., St. Louis  //  314.345.9600
Catch a Cardinals game while you’re in town. For tickets, call 314.345.9000; for stadium tours, call 314.345.9565.

Federal League Park // 3500 Laclede Ave., St. Louis
Used from 1914 to 1915, the ballpark was home to the Terriers of the Federal League. It is also known as Handlan’s Park and Steininger Field.

Red Stockings Base-Ball Park // 3300 Spruce St., St. Louis
Believed to be one of the first sites for baseball of any level in the city, this is where the first professional baseball game was played in St. Louis. The park was used from 1875 to 1898 and was home to the St. Louis Red Stockings.

Robison Field // 3880 Natural Bridge Ave., St. Louis
In 1899, the owners of the Cleveland Spiders bought the bankrupt St. Louis Browns, renamed the team the Perfectos, and brought several Spiders stars to St. Louis, including Cy Young, Jesse Burkett and Bobby Wallace. A year later the team was renamed the Cardinals. The park was used from 1893 to 1920 by the St. Louis Brown Stockings, St. Louis Perfectos and St. Louis Cardinals.

Sportsman’s Park // 3601 Dodier St., St. Louis
The first World Series held entirely west of the Mississippi River took place here in 1944, pitting the St. Louis Browns against the St. Louis Cardinals in the Streetcar Series. It is also the last World Series played at one ballpark. The park was used from 1867 to 1966.

Stars Park // 3100 Laclede Ave., St. Louis
Currently the Harris-Stowe University baseball field, Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell led the Stars to a Negro League World championship here in 1928. The park was used from 1922 to 1931.

Union Association Park // 2500 Howard St., St. Louis
The St. Louis Maroons were a juggernaut in their one year of play in the start-up Union Association. Outfitted with the finest players money could buy, the Maroons went 94-19, finishing 21 games ahead of second-place Cincinnati. The park was used from 1884 to 1886.

Museums

American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog // 1721 S. Mason Road, St. Louis // 314.821.3647
Home to more than 500 original paintings, drawings and sculptures devoted to — what else — dogs.

Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis // Lindell Boulevard at Newstead Avenue, St. Louis // 314.373.8240
See the world’s largest collection of glass mosaics.

City Museum // 701 N. 15th St., St. Louis // 314.231.2489
Part funhouse, part playground, part architectural marvel. You’ve never seen a museum like this.

Contemporary Art Museum // 3750 Washington Blvd., St. Louis // 314.535.4660
This internationally recognized museum features changing exhibits of today’s most innovative art.

The Griot Museum of Black History and Culture // 2505 St. Louis Ave., St. Louis // 314.241.7057
“Meet” and learn about Carter G. Woodson, Josephine Baker, Dred and Harriet Scott, Elizabeth Keckley, William Wells Brown, James Milton Turner, Clark Terry, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. Earl. E. Nance Sr., Miles Davis, Madame C.J. Walker, York, Percy Green, and others.

Holocaust Museum & Learning Center // 12 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis // 314.432.0020
This chronological history of the Holocaust features personal accounts of survivors who emigrated to St. Louis.

Kemp Auto Museum // 16955 Chesterfield Airport Road, Chesterfield // 636.537.1718
The only Mercedes museum in the country, you’ll find historically significant automobiles from 1886 to present day.

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum // Washington University, Skinker and Forsyth boulevards, St. Louis // 314.935.4523
One of the nation’s oldest teaching museums, it is home to a collection of 19th, 20th and 21st century European and American art.

Laclede’s Landing Wax Museum // 720 N. Second St., St. Louis // 314.241.1155
More than 200 life-size wax figures.

Laumeier Sculpture Park // 12580 Rott Road, St. Louis // 314.821.1209
This 150-acre open-air museum features more than 80 contemporary sculptures.

The Magic House // 516 S. Kirkwood Road, St. Louis // 314.822.8900
A hands-on children’s museum that offers something for everyone, no matter your age.

Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis // 4746 Gravois Road, St. Louis // 314.832.7790
Exhibits feature dolls, dollhouses, furniture and accessories in all scales.

Missouri History Museum // 5700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis // 314.746.4599
Missouri history, from the founding of St. Louis in 1784 to the 1904 World’s Fair, miles Davis and the Cardinals.

Moto Museum // 3441 Olive St., St. Louis // 314.446.1805
A collection of motorcycles from more than 20 countries and dating back nearly 100 years.

Museum of Contemporary Religious Art // St. Louis University, 3700 W. Pine Mall Blvd., St. Louis // 314.977.7170
The first museum of interfaith contemporary art is housed in a former chapel.

Museum of Transportation // 3015 Barrett Station Road, St. Louis // 314.965.6885
See steam, diesel and electric locomotives, passenger and freight cars, automobiles, streetcars, buses and aircraft.

Museum of Westward Expansion // Under the Gateway Arch, 11 N. Fourth St., St. Louis // 314.655.1700
An extensive collection of artifacts related to the westward expansion of the U.S.

Historic Old Courthouse // 11 N. Fourth St., St. Louis // 314.655.1600
The Old Courthouse was the site of the first two trials of the pivotal Dred Scott case in 1847 and 1850, and where Virginia Minor’s case for a woman’s right to vote came to trial in the 1870s.

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts // 3716 Washington Blvd., St. Louis // 314.754.1850
Gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of art in the context of architecture.

Soldiers Memorial Military Museum // 1315 Chestnut St., St. Louis // 314.622.4550
Two museum galleries contain military items of local and national historic significance from the battlefield and home front.

St. Louis Art Museum // 1 Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis // 314.721.0072
Built as the Fine Arts Palace of the 1904 World’s Fair, collections include works of art from virtually every culture and time period.

St. Louis University Museum of Art // 3663 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis // 314.977.6630
Housed in a four-story historic French Revival mansion, the museum offers items relevant to the Jesuit philosophy and ideals.

Historic homes

Campbell House Museum // 1508 Locust St., St. Louis // 314.421.0325
Built in 1851, the former home of fur trader and entrepreneur Robert Campbell has been restored and features hundreds of original Campbell possessions.

The Eugene Field House and St. Louis Toy Museum // 634 S. Broadway, St. Louis // 314.421.4689
The childhood home of poet Eugene Field and his father, lawyer Roswell Field who represented Dred Scott.

Lemp Mansion Restaurant and Inn // 3322 DeMenil Place, St. Louis // 314.664.8024
Learn about the eccentric lives (and suicides) of a legendary Lemp brewing family.

Scott Joplin House // 2658 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis // 314.340.5790
Tour the home of the famous ragtime composer.

White Haven // 7400 Grant Road, St. Louis // 314.842.3298
Ulysses S. Grant first met Julia Dent, his future wife, at her family home, named White Haven. Grant and his wife lived here with their children and managed the farm for her father from 1854 to 1859. It is now part of the Ulysses S. Grant National Historical Site.

Must-see sights

Forest Park // Bound by Lindell, Skinker and Kingshighway boulevards and Interstate 64
About 500 acres larger than New York’s Central Park, Forest Park was home to the 1904 World’s Fair. It is home to the St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri History Museum, Jewel Box greenhouse, Science Center and the Muny Opera, and serves as a sports center.

Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis // 205 Brotherton Lane, St. Louis // 314.521.6205
Part of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, an international nonprofit education organization founded by the families of the astronauts killed during the April 1986 Challenger space shuttle mission. Look for public “missions” on Saturdays.

Cherokee Antique Row // Cherokee Street between Jefferson and Lemp avenues, St. Louis // 314.776.1436
Explore dozens of antique and specialty shops spanning a six-block area.

Citygarden // Bound by Eighth, Tenth, Market and Chestnut streets, St Louis // 314.241.3337
The downtown park features lush plantings, fountains, 24 sculptures and video art.

Delmar Loop // 6000 to 6600 blocks of Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis // 314.727.8000
A century ago, streetcars from downtown “looped around” to return to the city, which gave the area its name. The Loop is home to Blueberry Hill, Tivoli Movie Theatre, The Pageant and the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Grant’s Farm // 10501 Gravois Road, St. Louis // 314.843.1700
This Busch family estate was once owned by Ulysses S. Grant. See animal shows, a petting area and take a tram ride through the wildlife preserve.

Jefferson Barracks Memorial Park // 533 Grant Road, St. Louis // 314.544.5714
Jefferson Barracks was a U.S. Army post from 1826 to 1946; Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant served there. The museum buildings, devoted to military history, were part of the ordnance section built in the 1850s.

Missouri Botanical Garden // 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis // 314.577.5100
Founded in 1859 with 79 acres of scenic landscaping and historic structures, don’t miss the Climatron tropical rain forest, the Japanese Garden, Seiwa-en and founder Henry Shaw’s Victorian home.

Soulard Market // Seventh and Lafayette streets, St. Louis // 314.622.4180
This market was founded around 1780. You’ll find more than 100 stalls of fresh and imported produce, meats, fish, herbs and more.

St. Louis Science Center // 5050 Oakland Ave., St. Louis // 314.289.4400
Explore more than 700 exhibits, the OMNIMAX Theater, James S. McDonnell Planetarium, and special traveling exhibitions.

St. Louis Zoo // Forest Park, St. Louis // 314.781.0900
Home to more than 18,000 exotic animals, many of them rare and endangered.