The Magic House-St. The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum is the third most visited children's museum in the nation. With more than 100 exhibits, the museum offers hands-on fun for kids 1 to 100. Located at I-55 and Arsenal St., the brewery is also home to one of three traveling Budweiser Clydesdales teams. Visitors can tour the historic Brew House and see the copper kettles, wall murals, ornate wrought-iron railings and hop vine chandeliers as well as the Bevo Packaging Plant where canning lines can be viewed.
Free tours are available year round.
The remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Within the 2,200-acre tract, located a few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois, lie the archeological remnants of the central section of the ancient settlement. According to archeological finds, the city of Cahokia was inhabited about A.D. 700 to 1400. Its peak, the city covered nearly six square miles. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in 1982, designated Cahokia Mounds a World Heritage Site.