How to find places to see closer to home?
I am curious how everyone finds attractions both big and small with in a few hour drive of you house. I live just outside of St Louis and we are looking to fill in a couple of short trips this summer ...
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My sources are books (there is a travel category in the library's classification system) and state tourist offices, both online and travel guides distributed at welcome centers. There will often be guides for each region of a state.
My own recommendations, depends on what you mean by "attractions" and "a few hours" because different people have different ideas about these. Less than a day can take you anywhere in Missouri, or to Chicago or Memphis. Or Branson. I could be in Chicago three years and visit galleries, museums, parks and zoos every weekend and still not seeeverything, so I keep going back. I keep going back to Hannibal, too, and Springfield Mo and Springfield Ill, and many people make St Louis a vacation destination.
But if you mean theme parks, the closest to a big one might be in Branson, but that is not my thing and I don't see that it offers me more than any of the Six Flags or Worlds of Fun franchises, one of which is really close to St Louis.
My own recommendations, depends on what you mean by "attractions" and "a few hours" because different people have different ideas about these. Less than a day can take you anywhere in Missouri, or to Chicago or Memphis. Or Branson. I could be in Chicago three years and visit galleries, museums, parks and zoos every weekend and still not seeeverything, so I keep going back. I keep going back to Hannibal, too, and Springfield Mo and Springfield Ill, and many people make St Louis a vacation destination.
But if you mean theme parks, the closest to a big one might be in Branson, but that is not my thing and I don't see that it offers me more than any of the Six Flags or Worlds of Fun franchises, one of which is really close to St Louis.
