Running through the center of the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, is a series of elaborate caves and shoe shafts that wind up the 10-stories inside of the building, from the very top to the very bottom. And at most every turn there is another creature coming out of the foundation . The spirals…
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I don’t know if I’d call the City Museum a “learning” museum…but I did learn one important fact: being a hamster is hard work! Check out the giant human hamster wheel at the St. Louis, Missouri City Museum! You too can join the rat race and walk or jog (or, inevitably, fall) in this life-size…
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Confession: I am afraid of heights. Actually, I am afraid of falling from heights. I did OK at the top of the Eiffel Tower, for instance. Because I was caged in just so that I was fine. But I am not going anywhere near the glass floored projection on top of the Sears Tower anytime…
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Tucked inside the Gateway Arch is a small museum dedicated to the days of Lewis and Clark: The Museum of Westward Expansion. The Museum of Westward Expansion explores the nineteenth century expansion from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean with artifacts, photos, animatronic figures (which, sadly, were not animated while I was there), and…
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I had only ever driven past St. Louis’s Gateway Arch twice before: on my way into and out of Missouri last summer on a road trip around the state. At 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide, the Arch is the tallest national monument in the United States, making it an easy icon to spot…
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The A&W Burger Family is a fiberglass family of hamburger and root beer loving characters. The members of the burger family were introduced in 1963 to correspond with the menu of Canadian A&W fast food restaurants. Burgers came is four familial sizes — Papa Burger, Mama Burger, Baby Burger, and Teen Burger — and, therefore,…
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What happens when a Jackalope meets a dinosaur for the first time? Flopsy: Who is this big green guy? Dino: I’m Sinclair the dinosaur! Flopsy: Weeee! You’re fun Sinclair! Dino: You’re fun too! I wish you didn’t have to go! Flopsy: You should come with! Sinclair: I’m ready to go! Flopsy: Let’s hit the road!…
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Sixty-five million years ago, dinosaurs went extinct. But, in the 1900s, the Bronotsaurus came back. It came back in the form of a gas station mascot: The Sinclair Oil Dinosaur. Sinclair was a popular gas station in the mid 1900s, and distinctive big green dinos were fixtures near their pumps. Most people think that those…
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When you road trip the country in search of weird and silly roadside attractions one thing is inevitable: you will find monuments with reoccurring themes. Case in point: the large pink elephant. Why the big pink elephant is such a popular roadside attraction in America, I can’t say, but you can find this familiar roadside…
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A few weekends ago I took off for a road trip around Missouri! It was an awesome time and we saw a LOT! Here’s a video montage of a bunch of the crazy stops…The World’s Largest Fork! The World’s Largest Rocking Chair! The World’s Largest Pecan! And much much more! And of course there was…
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