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Fossils All Around
St. Louis sits at the confluence of the Missouri and the Mighty Mississippi Rivers.  You would expect that somewhere through the ages something might have fossilized around here, and sure enough.  You can find all sorts of petrified little creatures if you know where to look.

My oldest son, he’s almost a whopping and sagacious 5 now, is something of a rock hound.  It’s quite tough to get him to leave people’s gravel in their driveways.  If you put him on some actually interesting rocks, he’s entertained for hours.  I’ll try to document the places that we have luck around here.  But to get you started, check out his gem of a list provided by the Eastern Missouri Society for Paleontology:  fossil sites.

More to come!

A great museum for the kids. It is filled with animals (some you can pet), caves for the kids to climb in, free crafts, and slides. It will cost you a small fee to get in but it is worth it when the kids are having a good time so check it out.

Extremely neat place to visit and see some of the most beautiful butterflies flying all around you as you walk through a manmade natural habitat made just for them. In addition there’s a really old carousel that has been rebuilt that you have to let the kids take a ride on.