The Butterfly House and Carousel are close to the picnic location. http://www.butterflyhouse.org
World Ways interactive international Museum is near the picnic location http://www.worldways.org
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center is just across the Mississippi in Illinois. Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
Cahokia Mounds is a fascinating state museum on the site of an ancient Mississippian Indian city with huge ceremonial (sacrifice) mounds.
Transportation Museum, If you like trains (the big ones), you will love this large collection of R&R history. Transportation Museum
Those who know, say the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the best. http://www.mobot.org/welcome.html
Photo by CilianXC, wikipedia
