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The Atlas Obscura Guide To St. Louis

29 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in St. Louis, Missouri

Updated March 8, 2023

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St. Louis, Missouri

City Museum

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

St. Louis, Missouri

Venice Cafe

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

St. Louis, Missouri

Eros Bendato

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

St. Louis, Missouri

Lemp Mansion

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

St. Louis, Missouri

Turtle Playground

This is not your typical jungle gym.

St. Louis, Missouri

Grant's Farm

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

St. Louis, Missouri

Chuck Berry's House

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

St. Louis, Missouri

Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis

A big museum full of little worlds.
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Venice Cafe

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.
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6 Wondrous Places to Get Tipsy in Missouri

Celebration or desperation aside, these six spots in Missouri are proof that imbibing is only half the fun of bar culture. From a mountaintop drive-through golf-cart bar to the state's oldest waterhole hole—nestled more than 50 feet underground in a limestone cellar—the “Show-Me State” has no shortage of boozy fun to show you (as long as you're 21+, of course). As the pandemic continues, we hope this virtual trip helps you explore America’s wonders. If you do choose to venture out, please follow all guidelines, maintain social distance, and wear a mask.

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Stories About St. Louis

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Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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How a High School Teacher Changed Early 20th-Century Insect Science

Systemic racism kept him from a position in higher education—but it didn't stop Charles Henry Turner from rewriting our understanding of bees, ants, and cockroaches.
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August 15, 2022

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Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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Podcast: City Museum

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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How Did Cahokian Farmers Feed North America’s Largest Indigenous City?

Native American farming was more sophisticated than your history textbook told you.
by Reina Gattuso
March 28, 2019

How a St. Louis Church Became a Skate Park

Welcome to heaven on earth for skaters.
by Evan Nicole Brown
December 19, 2018

This 11-Foot 'Ribbon Map' Puts the Whole Mississippi River in Your Pocket

Steamboat tourists of the late 1860s wrapped it around a spool.
by Cara Giaimo
May 7, 2018

A 257-Year-Old Coloring Book Was Discovered in St. Louis

It was intended for "Gentleman and Ladies."
by Erik Shilling
June 15, 2017

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