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Be sure to take the kids to the top of the Gateway Arch. Photo: iStockphoto<\/p><\/div>\n

Our series of fam-friendly travel guides<\/i><\/p>\n

The Gateway to the West is filled with fun for the whole family.<\/p>\n

Get a great view of the city from atop the Gateway Arch <\/b>
\nYou can’t visit St. Louis<\/a> without stopping to see the iconic landmark<\/a>, whether it\u2019s from 630 feet high at the top (ride a tram to get there), the beautiful grounds around its base, or from the adjacent Mississippi aboard a riverboat cruise<\/a>.\u00a0 Each offers a unique vantage point, but whichever you choose, plan ahead and get tickets early. There are always crowds.<\/p>\n

Climb, slide, run and jump all over the place at the City Museum <\/b>
\nLess museum and more a mega playspace the likes of which we\u2019re sure you\u2019ve never seen, the City Museum<\/a> is someplace you don’t want to miss. Housed in a 600,000-square-foot building that was once a shoe factory, this incredible creation by artist Bob Cassilly employs found objects as funhouse-style treehouses, caves, slides and tunnels. There\u2019s an art area, a toy railroad, and a four-story Ferris wheel that sits atop the museum. If you get lost, just look for building with school bus sticking out of its roof.<\/p>\n

Swig a root beer at Fitz\u2019s American Grill & Bottling Works<\/b>
\nIf you time your visit to Fitz\u2019s<\/a> right, your kids can watch the famous root beer, orange cream and other sodas being bottled on a vintage factory line in the rear of the restaurant. It\u2019s even more fun when you’re sipping one of the signature ice cream floats like the Ghostbuster, made with root beer, vanilla ice cream, marshmallow fluff an chocolate syrup.<\/p>\n

Visit the Budweiser Clydesdales at Grant\u2019s Farm<\/b>
\nThe ancestral home of the Busch (as in Anheuser-Busch) family<\/a> and the site of Ulysses S. Grant\u2019s cabin is also where you\u2019ll finda stable of 25 of the famous Budweiser Clydesdale horses. Admission is free and tours of the grounds, which also include exotic wildlife attractions, are available.<\/p>\n

Get your frozen custard served upside down at Ted Drewes <\/b>
\nThe servers at St. Louis\u2019 famed frozen custard shops<\/a> (there are two locations) deliver the legendary concretes (custard blended with candy, fruit, nuts or other ingredients) upside down with a spoon and a straw to demonstrate their thickness. No one\u2019s gotten tired of the schtick\u2014or the creamy dessert\u2014since it first opened in 1929.<\/p>\n

See a musical at the Muny <\/b>
\nThe oldest and largest outdoor theater in the country<\/a> stages family-friendly musicals every summer. This year\u2019s lineup include Les Miserables<\/i>, Mary Poppins<\/i> and West Side Story<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Ready to get away?\u00a0Check out great travel deals to St. Louis from Orbitz.\u00a0<\/a><\/em>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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