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10.19.2009 1:14 pm

America’s 10 Wackiest Attractions, According to TripAdvisor

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Toilet Seat Museum in Alamo Heights, Texas, leads the list of America’s Wackiest Attractions, according to TripAdvisor travelers and editors.

More than 700 decorated toilet seat lids adorn the over-sized garage that is the museum.

Carhenge, jalopies painted gray to look like Stonehenge…

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10.07.2009 1:40 pm

St. Louis ranked third best for an affordable getaway

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Finally, St. Louis has made a national list for a good thing. A survey released by Travel + Leisure ranks St. Louis third among the nation’s affordable cities.

For its annual “favorite cities” online survey, the magazine’s respondents rated 30 popular…

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10.06.2009 12:42 pm

Hotel Prices Fell in First Half of 2009

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The sluggish economy has a few benefits for travelers, including a decline in the average price of a hotel room.

The Hotel Price Intex, a report put together by hotels.com, looked at approximately 78,000 properties in more than 13,000 locations, with…

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09.10.2009 10:23 am

St. Louis Ranked 43rd Among Most-Booked Domestic Destinations

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Travel Leaders, a business and leisure travel company, has conducted a survey, based on actual bookings, and ranked cities according to popularity. St. Louis came in at 43rd.

The top 10 domestic destinations were, in order, Las Vegas, Orlando, Fla., New…

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09.01.2009 11:08 am

Louisiana, Mo., Offers Tours of Town’s Scenic Cemetery

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Vista from Riverview cemetary.

Vista from Riverview Cemetery.

The Louisiana Historic Preservation Association is sponsoring tours this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5-6, of the town’s historic Riverview Cemetery, which features spectacular views of the Mississippi River.

The tours will include visits from some of Louisiana’s pioneers…

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08.31.2009 12:24 pm

TOCO Family Festival in Southern Illinois on Sept. 11-12

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The 8th annual TOCO Family Festival & Camp Out will be Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11-12, in the Shawnee National Forest of Southern Illinois.

TOCO stands for Tapestry of Community Offerings and organizes family-themed events for charitable and educational purposes. Proceeds from…

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08.26.2009 1:07 pm

New Orleans is Tops for Live Music; Branson is No. 9

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New Orleans was the top vote getter in a poll of travel writers asked to list their favorite 10 North American cities for live music.
Listed in order of votes, with comments from members of the Society of American Travel Writers,…

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08.25.2009 11:11 am

New Museum Opens at St. James on Historic Route 66

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. James already had two wineries, Johnnie’s Bar and Ruby’s ice-cream stand. Now, there’s another reason to pull off Interstate 44 for a visit - a vacuum cleaner museum!

The Vacuum Cleaner Museum will celebrate its grand opening this Thursday, with…

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08.20.2009 11:39 am

Shoji’s Theater Voted the Best Johns

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The votes are in, the ballots have been tallied, and the finest restrooms in America are said to be in the Shoji Tabuchi Theatre at Branson, Missouri.

The balloting was conducted by the Cintas Corp. of Cincinnai, a leading provider of…

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08.17.2009 11:25 am

Hitting the Wine Roads

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When the Explore section decided to do a three-part series about the wineries within a short drive of St. Louis, we did a little research and found the state of Missouri listed 89 wineries.

Visiting them all would be a consuming task, so…

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