5 Area Attractions

• Mastodon State Historic Site. A nice interpretive center about the creatures that inhabited our region millions of years ago. Saved from destruction in the 1950s for I-55 construction.
  http://www.mostateparks.com/mastodon.htm
  
  
• Sandy Creek Covered Bridge. The only historic covered bridge remaining close to St. Louis, this was part of the old Lemay Ferry Road from Arnold to Hillsboro. The ghost town of Goldman, MO is nearby. The bridge was in service until the mid-1970s, and now is a nice state historic site.
  http://www.mostateparks.com/sandybridge.htm