Weird day trips from St. Louis
The strangest St. Louis finds are often a short drive out. These 5 day trips — DeMoulin Museum, Black Madonna Shrine and Grottoes, Pink Elephant Antique Mall and more — are each hand-vetted and sourced: ghost towns, hot-spring soaks, roadside oddities, and odd small-town museums worth the gas. A weird day trip is its own kind of date.
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DeMoulin Museum
Located about 50 miles east of St. Louis, this bizarre museum is dedicated to the DeMoulin Brothers & Co., wh…
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Black Madonna Shrine and Grottoes
A sprawling, peaceful outdoor sanctuary hand-built by a Polish Franciscan monk, featuring intricate grottoes…
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Pink Elephant Antique Mall
A quirky Route 66 roadside stop housed in a 1920s high school, surrounded by giant fiberglass statues includi…
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Broemmelsiek Park Astronomy Site
This dedicated, light-pollution-free astronomy park is open 24/7 and features ten concrete viewing pads equip…
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Jefferson College Observatory
Built in partnership with the St. Louis Astronomical Society, this observatory features a 16-inch research-gr…