Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in St. Louis, United States

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 157 m
Descend 162 m

Experience St. Louis in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in St. Louis

Sight 1: City Museum

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City Museum

City Museum is a museum whose exhibits consist largely of repurposed architectural and industrial objects, housed in the former International Shoe building in the Washington Avenue Loft District of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Opened in October 1997, the museum attracted more than 700,000 visitors in 2010.

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387 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Campbell House Museum

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Campbell House Museum

The Campbell House Museum opened on February 6, 1943, and is in the Greater St. Louis area, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The museum was documented as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey between 1936 and 1941, designated a City of St. Louis Landmark in 1946, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and became a National Trust for Historic Preservation Save America's Treasures project in 2000. The museum is owned and operated by the Campbell House Foundation, Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Wikipedia: Campbell House Museum (EN), Website

301 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church

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Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church

The Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South in St. Louis, Missouri is a Gothic Revival church that was built in 1869. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Wikipedia: Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South (EN)

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Robert E. Lee Hotel

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Robert E. Lee Hotel Paul Sableman (pasa47) / CC BY 2.0

Robert E. Lee Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, also known as Auditorium Hotel, Evangeline Home, or Railton Residence, is a Romanesque style building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Wikipedia: Robert E. Lee Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri) (EN)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Aloe Plaza

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Aloe Plaza The original uploader was Americasroof at English Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 2.5

Aloe Plaza is a public park in the Downtown West neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The park is part of the Gateway Mall and is bounded by Chestnut and Market streets on the north and south and 18th and 20th streets on the east and west.

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463 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: St. Louis Union Station

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St. Louis Union Station w_lemay / CC BY-SA 2.0

St. Louis Union Station is a National Historic Landmark and former train station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. At its 1894 opening, the station was the largest in the world that had tracks and passenger service areas all on one level. Traffic peaked at 100,000 people a day in the 1940s. The last Amtrak passenger train left the station in 1978.

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855 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 7: Stifel Theatre

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The Stifel Theatre is a civic performing arts building located in St. Louis, Missouri.

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387 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Soldiers Memorial Military Museum

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The Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in downtown St. Louis, Missouri is a memorial and military museum, at 1315 Chestnut Street, owned by the City of St. Louis and operated by the Missouri Historical Society. Interior east and west wings contain display cases with military displays and memorabilia from World War I and subsequent American wars. The open-air central breezeway contains a massive black marble cenotaph upon which are engraved the names of all of St. Louis' war dead from the first world war.

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395 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Christ Church Cathedral

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Christ Church CathedralMatthew Black from London, UK / CC BY-SA 2.0

Christ Church Cathedral is the Episcopal cathedral for the Diocese of Missouri. It is located at 1210 Locust Street in St. Louis, Missouri. The dean of the cathedral is the Very Reverend Kathie Adams-Shepherd. Adams-Shepherd is also the first female dean of this cathedral. Built during 1859–67, it is one of the few well-preserved surviving works of Leopold Eidlitz, a leading mid-19th-century American architect, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994 for its architecture.

Wikipedia: Christ Church Cathedral (St. Louis, Missouri) (EN)

640 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 10: Old Post Office

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Old Post Office

The U.S. Custom House and Post Office is a court house at 815 Olive Street in downtown St. Louis.

Wikipedia: United States Customhouse and Post Office (St. Louis, Missouri) (EN)

255 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: The Roberts Orpheum Theater

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The Orpheum Theater in St. Louis, Missouri is a Beaux-Arts style theater, built in 1917. It was constructed by local self-made millionaire Louis A. Cella and designed by architect Albert Lansburgh. The $500,000 theater opened on Labor Day, 1917, as a vaudeville house. As vaudeville declined, it was sold to Warner Brothers in 1930, and served as a movie theater until it closed in the 1960s.

Wikipedia: Orpheum Theater (St. Louis) (EN)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Marriott

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Marriott

The Courtyard St. Louis Downtown/Convention Center is a historic hotel in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

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