There are just not many places to get a decent look at the river that made St. Louis possible. One good spot is the parking lot and stretch of green grass just south of Bellerive Park (see "Best Picnic Spot" in Sports & Recreation), around the 6000 block of South Broadway, just inside the city limits. Named for Sister Marie Charles, the park facing the Mississippi looks to be awfully popular, but all those men there didn't show up to watch the barges float by and ponder the meaning of life.... More »
