The city of St. Louis, Missouri, is located right on the edge of the Missouri/Illinois border near the meeting of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. St. Louis is the largest urban area and second-largest city in Missouri. Eight Fortune 500 companies are headquartered here, and many other private and public companies have major operations within the city.
Dust off your armor, don your eye patch, and come out to the St. Louis Renaissance Faire and Pirate Festival! It's a real Midsummer Night's Dream come true for fans of either Shakespeare or swashbuckling.