One of my favorite places to go just for fun is the City Museum in Downtown St. Louis.

The City Museum, re-opened in 1997, used to be a location of the International Shoe Factory. To acknowledge the building;s history, there is a little booth inside the museum that sells shoelaces.

Voted the number one attraction in the world, the City Museum is a place filled with tunnels, artwork and great places for pictures. For 14 dollars, you can buy hours of screaming children and dry slides that end up turning into memories of awkwardly scooting to the bottom.

One of my favorite areas is the outdoor playground, where you can inch your way through wired tunnels over 50 feet above ground and stand on a school bus that’s halfway over the edge of a building. It’s quite the thrill.

There’s also the Skate Park on the third floor, which is filled with ramps to jump onto and ropes to swing around on.

For those not into cramped, dirty and child-filled places, the City Museum also has an art exhibit filled with abstract art. On the second floor, a giant vault room with over 1,000 safety deposit boxes and a “hamster wheel” gives those less excited for tunnels and children a calm place to be.

The City Museum also has a 10-story slide, which requires you to take the stairs up 10 floors and inch your way back down on cold metal-while being recorded for those waiting, of course.

Personally, I recommend wearing flexible pants and a t-shirt or hoodie, for safety and comfort. The last thing you would want from a fun-filled day is jeans that weren’t supposed to be ripped and floor burns all over your knees and elbows.