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No state celebrates Mardi Gras harder than Missouri, and the St. Louis Mardi Gras is second only to New Orleans. The party begins on Twelfth Night in January and continues daily (and nightly) until the festivities culminate on Fat Tuesday.

Voted Best Wine Store, 33 Wine Shop & Tasting Bar is located next to Bailey's Chocolate Bar. 33 offers a cozy sitting area inside and outside patio in Lafayette Square, where you can relax and browse the 20-page wine, beer and cheese list. If you fall in love with a drink while enjoying the nightlife venue's atmosphere, stop by the retail area to buy a bottle to take home.

Travel back in time when you visit the most accurately restored 19th century building in America. The Campbell House Museum contains original furniture, photographs, paintings and clothing from the Campbell family and is a perfect example of opulent Victorian-style life during the 1880s. This elegant house is known as the premier historic property museum in St. Louis.