08.04.2009 10:09 am
What are the best free attractions in St. Louis?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
No. 1: St. Louis Zoo
Trip Advisor can be a great way to find attractions and accommodations, but its listing of free things to do in St. Louis is, well, unoriginal. In fairness to the website, the rankings come from its users, not its staff. And they are all great places to visit.
Trip Advisor’s Top Five Free St. Louis Attractions
1. St. Louis Zoo
2. Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
3. Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tour
4. Gateway Arch
5. Forest Park
However, the St. Louis area has much more to offer than these well-known sites. If you were compiling a list of top free attractions, what would you include?
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
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Judith Evans is the food and travel editor for the Post-Dispatch. 
How in the world is the art museum left off that list?!?!
How can you put the “Gateway Arch” as free? Yes, free to walk in building. NOT FREE to go up into the Arch…
Grant’s Farm
While Grants Farm IS free, to park ISN’T.
How about the botanical gardens?
Since when is the arch free?
Cardinals game! YAY!
You have to pay to park at the zoo. You have to pay to go into the Arch. By definition, these attractions are not free. As much as I love the Arch and the zoo, they shoudl not be on this list with out an astrisk.
Grants Farm is free but it costs $11 park I believe — maybe $12.
The botanical gardens (when they are free) and the art museum are by far the best free things in STL
You have to pay to go up the Arch (and to see the movie “Monument to A Dream,” which I could watch over and over), but admission to the museum is free.