Visit the open-air Belleville Christkindlmarkt with food, entertainment, European crafts, and beverages this holiday season. Our Time at Belleville Christkindlmarkt The open-air market in Belleville, Il., is modeled after the Christmas Markets in Germany. It…
Browsing Category St. Louis
Walk through Hemp at the Great Godfrey Maze
The Great Godfrey Maze is usually done with corn, but this year it is filled with hemp, which makes this a whole new adventure. This is due to soil nutrient deficiency and several years of…
A Scenic Drive to Two Mills
Driving about 45 minutes south of St. Louis you can check out two remains of low-water dams and mills in Cedar Hill and Morse Mill. Just in time for Halloween, Morse Mill also has a…
Watching Wildlife at Treehouse Wildlife Center
Bobcats, eagles, and foxes are just some of the wildlife you can see at Treehouse Wildlife Center. It is located about halfway between Grafton and Alton in the country. We took the kid who ran…
Feeding Barnyard Animals at Suson Park
Checking out barnyard animals with my son Andrew at Suson Park Animal Farm in south St. Louis County was our Friday fun day.
Bird Watching at World Bird Sanctuary
A zoo for birds can be found at World Bird Sanctuary in western St. Louis County just off Interstate 44. Here you can see North American birds such as eagles to Australian birds such as…
Illinois’ First Capital Has the Liberty Bell of the West
As a presidential election is at hand, near St. Louis you can visit the Liberty Bell of the West, which is older than the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, in Kaskaskia, the oldest town in Illinois….
Under the Sea at the New St. Louis Aquarium
Sealife is on full display with over 13,000 aquatic animals including 60 sharks and stingrays at the new St. Louis Aquarium. It is a 120,000 square foot facility in the St. Louis’ Union Station, where…
Window Walk in the Central West End in 2019
Hear carolers, see amazing window displays like the old department store days, have s’mores and free drinks during the Central West End’s annual Window Walk in St. Louis.
Checkout A Brewery Full of Christmas Lights
See more than a million twinkling lights at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis and best of all it is free.
