It also features theme parks. Millions of people visit Branson each year. Gateway Arch, in St. Louis, commemorates the city's role in the settlement of the West.
Small trains carry visitors to the top.
Harry S. Truman Library, in Independence, opened in 1957. The building houses over 3 million documents and mementos of Truman's presidency. Lake of the Ozarks, in central Missouri, is one of the largest artificially created lakes in the world. The lake and the areas around it form a popular resort and recreation center. Mark Twain Cave, near Hannibal, is a cave that Mark Twain learned about as a boy.