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#4: Forest Park, St. Louis
"Meet me in St. Louis, Louis. Meet me at the fair." In 1904, thousands of people came to Forest Park for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, better known as the "World's Fair." More than 1,500 buildings were created for the seven-month-long fair, which is still the largest to date. Today, the area is home to The Missouri History Museum, The St. Louis Art Museum, The St. Louis Zoological Park, and The McDonnell Planetarium, in addition to a tennis center, skating rink and golf course. Sounds big? At 1,293 acres, St. Louis' Forest Park is more than 50 percent larger than New York's Central Park.
Photo Courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden.
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