Be sure to check out the nation's largest professional African-American theater company, The Black Rep, presenting contemporary theatrical entertainment by African-American playwrights.
Taste some of the best beer in the country and see the brewery process at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours. Don't forget to stop by the stables to visit the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales.
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.