# Things to do around St. Louis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-around-st-louis/664339>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 24, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-around-st-louis/664339 "2013-07-24T00:27:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-around-st-louis/664339/21 "2013-07-25T15:02:39Z")

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> [@JerrySTL](#):
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> One big tip: Cahokia Mounds are NOT in Cahokia. They are closer to Collinsville, Illinois.

And while you’re in Collinsville, check out the ketchup bottle water tower.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-around-st-louis/664339/22 "2013-07-27T17:39:26Z")

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> [@iftheresaway](#):
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> Note that this is only true for East St. Louis. There is actually a lot of cool stuff on the Illinois side, but if you’re only in town for the weekend I doubt you’ll have much time to explore.

Yeah, I didn’t really qualify that well, especially since the OP specifically mentioned sweeing the Mounds. Let’s put it this way: if you’re coming east from Downtown St. Louis, figure out exactly where you’re going and stick to that route.

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