1. You know I had to find a way to include Meramec Caverns, my favorite cave. Here's my best tip for everyone in the St Louis area and everyone planning to visit: St Louis Vacation Savings. Amazing, yes?
2. The Magic House! So awesome we are having our wedding reception there!
3. Historic house tours are awesome Groupons for rainy days. Campbell House is a beaut!
4. Francis flew a helicopter with his Groupon and did a guest blog on Helisat!
5. We spent a luxurious day slacking off at The Cheshire thanks to Living Social.
6. Coupons abound for the Laclede's Landing Wax Museum! I haven't seen a social deal from them yet, but the Entertainment Book is a great investment for local attractions. I just verified that the Wax Museum is in this year's book, and bonus! Right now the book is half price because it expires in November. You have the whole summer to get your $15 worth!
7. One of my all time favorite summer activities is feeding some goats and then having a brat and a couple beers at the Bauernhof at Grant's Farm. For St Louisans who know Grant's Farm is free, the "deal" for this one was a $10 Groupon for free parking and $10 worth of concessions (a $21 value at the time! Parking is now $12 but you can walk in from Grant's Trail.)
8. For you sports fans, a tour of Busch Stadium.
9. As far as I can tell, Eckerts Millstadt is only open for harvest season, but the Belleville farm is open now and seems to have all kinds of fun summer activities. I haven't been to that one yet. I'll put it on the summer list.
10. Honorable mention: I was woefully unprepared to blog the Compton Heights House Tour, but we did get a Living Social Deal for it and it was amazing. I can't wait for next year when we are able to budget our entire day to check out all of the houses instead of just a handful. This is a great way to check out the Magic Chef Mansion!
We have awesome stuff on tap for the summer, including a downtown STL walking tour, my first trip to the Missouri State Fair (and we have a haunted hotel booked!), Star Wars Days at LEGOLand Discovery Center, Cahokia Mounds Museum, and the nighttime tour of the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City!
