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|  Across Missouri, some 300 historic districts allow visitors to see, touch and walk around Missouri’s history. There are beautiful state parks, rivers and caves throughout Missouri. Branson, America's live entertainment capital in the Ozark Mountains, has more theater seats than Broadway and features entertainers performing everything from music to magic. Branson also has three pristine lakes, 10 championship golf courses, a theme park, attractions and museums. A serpentine lake twisting through Ozark hills, Lake of the Ozarks has over 1,150 miles of shoreline, swimming, boating, water-skiing and fishing, caves, golf courses, and country-music shows, malls, and factory outlets. Branson inns, motels, hotels, and resorts – like those throughout Missouri – include some of the most widely recognized chains in the world, as well as many family owned lodging establishments. Jefferson City, Missouri's capital, was the backdrop of one of America's greatest stories – The Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was an early frontier town on America's expansion westward and much of its story is reflected in Jefferson City's colorful historic sites. Kansas City, alive with festive events and activities, has a number of attractions including the Arabia Steamboat Museum, and the city’s jazz-centered 18th and Vine Historic District with the American Jazz Museum. Also in Kansas City for family vacations: the Oceans of Fun waterpark and the Worlds of Fun theme park. The USA’s largest monument and symbol of St. Louis, the gleaming 630-foot-high Gateway Arch, dominates St. Louis, the Mississippi River city rich in historical attractions and cultural traditions. Union Station St. Louis, once the world's largest and busiest railroad terminal, is now a restored National Historic Landmark with over 100 shops and restaurants; other historical attractions include the Historic Daniel Boone Home & Boonesfield Village. MISSOURI HOTELS ATTRACTIONS
Eureka Home to two fun attractions: Six Flags St. Louis and Yogi Bear’s Yellowstone Park . EUREKA HOTELS | Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut DC Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming | ||||
Fulton Home to Westminster College where Sir Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946. The Churchill Memorial Museum contains Churchill memorabilia and other exhibits. FULTON HOTELS Hannibal Boyhood home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens - the famous Mark Twain. Hannibal’s attractions include the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, the Optical Science Center and Museum and The Haunted House on Hill Street Wax Museum. HANNIBAL HOTELS Independence Known as the Queen City of the Trails, Independence is home to the National Frontier Trails Center which presents the history of the Santa Fe, California and Oregon Trails. The 1859 Jail, Marshal's Home & Museum once housed Frank James, Jesse James' notorious brother, who was treated like a hero and showered with gifts throughout his incarceration. Other attractions include Historic Independence Square where pioneers and emigrants outfitted themselves for their journeys west, and the Harry S. Truman Home & Library/Museum also known as the Summer White House. INDEPENDENCE HOTELS
Jefferson City The well-preserved historic downtown area offers several points of interest, from shops and cafes to the Governor's Mansion and majestic Capitol Building. JEFFERSON CITY HOTELS Kansas City Known as the "Heart of America", Kansas City offers a number of attractions including the Arabia Steamboat Museum, and the city’s jazz centered 18th and Vine Historic District with the American Jazz Museum, The Science City Union Station houses three theaters and a ride simulator and five unique districts to explore. There’s outdoor fun at the Oceans of Fun waterpark and the Worlds of Fun theme park. KANSAS CITY HOTELS Lake of the Ozarks A serpentine lake, twisting through Ozark hills, with over 1,150 miles of shoreline, swimming, boating, water-skiing and fishing, caves, golf courses, and country-music shows, malls, and factory outlets. LAKE OZARK HOTELS Springfield Missouri’s third largest city with a special offering of natural attractions and sport facilities. Visitors can take a 5-mile drive through the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield and then visit General Sweeny's Museum of Civil War History, one of the largest collections of Civil War artifacts in the country. Other attractions include Discovery Center, Exotic Animal Paradise, Fantastic Caverns, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, and the Wonders of Wildlife Living Museum & Aquarium. SPRINGFIELD HOTELS St. Charles Home to Missouri’s first state capitol and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. Its Historic South Main Street has 1769 cobblestone streets and unique shops. SAINT CHARLES HOTELS St. Joseph With a past sprinkled with fur traders, Native Americans, pioneers, prosperous merchants, outlaws and, of course, the legend of the Pony Express, attractions in historic St. Joseph include the Jesse James Home Museum where Jesse James was killed, the Hall Street Historic District, the Pony Express Museum and the Glore Psychiatric Museum – "one of the 50 most unusual Museums in the country". SAINT JOSEPH HOTELS St. Louis Home to the Mississippians, a mighty Indian civilisation of mound builders, and European explorers, St Louis is rich in historical attractions, cultural traditions and wildlife adventures such as the Wild Canid Survival & Research Center, an internationally-recognised captive breeding facility for endangered wolves.SAINT LOUIS HOTELS The Gateway Arch – Jefferson National Expansion Memorial soars 630ft. complete with museum and theater, and Union Station St. Louis, once the world's largest and busiest railroad terminal, is now a restored National Historic Landmark with over 100 shops and restaurants. Other historical attractions include the Historic Daniel Boone Home & Boonesfield Village, Boone’s final home along with an early 1800's living history village, the Lewis & Clark Center hands-on museum, and the Old Courthouse, scene of the Dred Scott slavery trial.  Cruising to St LouisMuseums in St. Louis include Black World History Wax Museum, City Museum, Concordia Historical Institute which has the world's largest collection on the history of Lutheranism in America, Historic Samuel Cupples House, an 1888 mansion with gargoyles, Tiffany glass, fine and decorative art, Deutschheim State Historic Site and Museum depicting 19th century German immigrant and German-American life, folk art, customs, traditions, culture and heritage, the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum, two great sports museums in one place, Scott Joplin House where the ragtime legend composed “The Entertainer”; The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, The Saint Louis Art Museum, the Fine Arts Palace of the 1904 World's Fair; and the collection of 150 vintage autos at St. Louis Car Museum & Sales. The Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours include the historic Brewhouse, Budweiser Clydesdale stables, lager cellar, packaging plant and hospitality room. Fun sites include the Missouri Botanical Garden, Darkness Haunted Theme Park with hi-tech special effects, Raging Rivers Waterpark, and Mid-America Aquacenter, St. Louis Children's Aquarium where kids can pet a shark. There are more than 600 free exhibits, an OMNIMAX Theater, planetarium and full-size animated dinosaurs at the St. Louis Science Center. The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and Interpretive Center is the site of the largest prehistoric Indian city north of Mexico. SAINT LOUIS HOTELS Photo courtesy Missouri Division of Tourism | ||||||
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