Looking for tons of free fun attractions?

Then St. Louis is the place to be.

Outside of Washington, D.C. our town offers more free attraction than another other American city.

Here are just five:

1. The Saint Louis Zoo and all the other cultural institutions in glorious Forest Park, the second largest urban park in the nation. Yep, admission to our world-class zoo is absolutely free every day of the week as is general admission to the St. Louis Science Center, the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Missouri History Museum!
2. The Gateway Arch, formally known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. You can enter and tour the museum under the Arch without charge. There are fees to ride the tram 630 feet to the top and to view the movie. A $3 National Park entrance fee applies to every adult tram or movie ticket. Fabulous views of the soaring stainless steel Arch from the grounds are, of course, free.
3. Grant’s Farm. Ranked as the seventh-best family attraction nationwide in the U.S. Family Travel Guide Zagat Survey®, this beloved free St. Louis attraction was once the homestead of President Ulysses S. Grant and later ancestral home to the Busch beer family. You can ride a tram through the deer park, home to 100 species of animals from six continents; watch animal shows in the Tier Garten; relax in the the Bauernhof with a beautiful courtyard typical of a 19th century Bavarian farm; marvel at Hardscrabble, the cabin Grant built as his home in 1855, and tour the Budweiser Clydesdale stables.
4. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site across the Mississippi River in nearby Collinsville, Ill. Here you can ponder the great mystery of what happened to the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico. Eventually the city that was larger than London was in AD 1250 simply disappeared. Now the interpretive center and surviving mounds are a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site. 
5. Beer. What would you expect from a beer town? Tours of the Anheuser Busch Brewery and Schlafly Brewery are free–and come with free product samples at the end.

But when your city offers an overwhelming number of freebies, it’s hard to stop with just five so here are two more:

1. Music, music, music. In a region that claims Scott Joplin, Tina Turner and Chuck Berry as its own, it’s no surprise that music—free music—can be found everywhere. No matter what’s your favorite—classical, rock, country or jazz—chances are most weekends you can find a free concert in the area.  To name a few–the Whitaker Music Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden June through August, the Big Muddy Blues Festival over Labor Day weekend and Rockin’ On The Landingover the Fourth of July.
2. The Great Outdoors.  At our free city parks and county parks, you’ll find an astounding array of unique venues including Lone Elk County Park where you can drive through an animal reserve, Faust County Park where you can tour an 1800s homestead, Laumeier Sculpture Park with super-sized modern art and Edward “Ted” & Pat Jones Confluence Point Park where two great American rivers—the mighty Mississippi and the wide Missouri—become one.  Even our state parksare free.What are your favorite free things to do in St. Louis? Leave us a comment below.