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Missouri Governor's Mansion - Official residence of Missouri's governor, constructed in 1871. Guided tours of the authentically restored 1st floor. Auto WorldCar Museum and Kingdom Expo - In addition to about 70 rare cars, the museum has arrowheads, china doll heads (400 or more), military patches beautifully framed, Keen Kutter tools, hit and miss steam engines, and a collection of books and memorabilia about the Kennedy family and newspapers covering their eventful lives. Museum of Art and Archaeology - The Museum's galleries house art and artifacts from six continents and five millennia. This comprehensive collection of more than 14,000 works represents many periods and cultures from prehistory to the present. The permanent collection is supplemented by special exhibitions as well as lectures, symposia, gallery talks, film series, and educational programs. |
Bridal Cave and Thunder Mountain Park - Park interpreters will lead you and your family through room after room of incredible mineral deposits. Giant columns, delicate soda straws and massive draperies abound throughout the cave. Millions of years of struggle between water and rock have created this cavern with more onyx formations than any other known cave or cavern. Jacob's Cave - Jacob's Cave is famous for it's depth illusion, reflective pools, ceiling sponge-work, prehistoric bones and the world's largest geode. On the mile-long tour, you will see every type of cave formation imaginable, from millions of ""soda straws"" and massive stalactites and columns, to delicate helectites. Evidence of six ice ages and three earthquakes can be seen in the cave. Powell Gardens - Botanical garden featuring unique architecture, 12-acre lake, perennial garden, rock and waterfall garden, terrace gardens, wildflower meadow. |
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