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BULLET Explore St. Louis
Explore St. Louis through the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission website. Here you will find a visitors guide to  attractions,  day trips,  dining,   neighborhoods,  nightlife,  shopping,  transportation and more!

 

BULLET St. Louis Community Information
Network

Hear from St. Louis' mayor and find out about city government.

 

BULLET Laumeier Sculpture Park
Take a virtual guide to the contemporary sculpture display at Laumeier Sculpture Park.

 

BULLET St. Louis Kids Magazine
Made for kids and by kids, and is packed full of fun articles, contests, pictures and other St. Louis information.

 

BULLET St. Louis Storytelling Festival
Come hear tales that speak to all ages. Storytelling performances take place at locations throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and has both featured and regional storytellers.
BULLET More St. Louis Web Sites
Here's our list of other sites to explore.

 

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Missouri

BULLET Hall of Famous Missourians
To honor the achievements of many Missourians who have made outstanding contributions to the world.

 

BULLET Missouri Police Cars
View police cars from around the state of Missouri.

 

BULLET Missouri Historical Society
Celebrates state history with a museum, library, and events.

 

BULLET Photohaven...Missouri
A tour of Missouri through photographs.

 

BULLET Missouri Tourism
Find out about the Show Me State. 
BULLET State Symbols of Missouri
The State Seal, The State Animal, The State Bird, and more.

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U.S.
See also Government Information

BULLET 50 Nifty United States
Have fun learning about the fifty states of the U.S.
BULLET Letterboxing North America
Letterboxing is an intriguing pastime combining navigational skills and rubber stamp artistry in a charming "treasure hunt" style outdoor quest.

 

BULLET 50 States.com
Get information about each state and their capital.

 

BULLET Lewis and Clark
Go on a western expedition across the unknown territory.

 

BULLET Abraham Lincoln
Take a virtual tour of Abe's childhood log cabin, then you'll be ready for the quiz and online treasure hunt.

 

BULLET List of State Birds
Check out what bird represents your state with illustrations.

 

BULLET All-Star River Explorers
Discover the basics of rivers and how they are Formed.

 

BULLET Mt. Rushmore
After reading about Mt. Rushmore take the trivia quiz to see how much you know.

 

BULLET America on the Move
Explore how transportation shaped our lives, landscapes, culture, and communities.

 

BULLET Mount St. Helen’s Volcano Cam
View live images of Mount St. Helen’s, taken from the Johnston Ridge Observatory.

 

BULLET Architecture in the USA
Architecture U.S.A. provides an overview of the major house types and styles that are an integral part of this country's architectural heritage.

 

BULLET Native American Cultures
Join research to learn about Native American people who lived many years ago.

 

BULLET At Home in the Heartland Online
Meet real families as they lived in Illinois from 1700 to the present.

 

BULLET Native American Shelters
Check out this exhibit and see the settlements, shelters of Native North Americans.

 

BULLET Beach
Visit this site to learn neat things about beaches.

 

BULLET Native Americans
Created by fifth- and sixth-graders includes a lot of information about different Native American tribes, famous Native Americans and instructions for crafts.

 

BULLET Big Apple History
Discover the history of New York.

 

BULLET Native Languages of the Americas
Find information about the Native American cultures, nations, and peoples of the United States.

 

BULLET Blackbeard the Pirate
Learn about the most notorious pirate in history.

 

BULLET Nevada Petroglyphs
Take a look at theses picture writings carved in rock, created by people who lived in prehistoric times.

 

BULLET Castles of the United States
Information about castles that are located in the United States.

 

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New Jersey History
Learn about the history of this garden state.

 

BULLET Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
Learn all about Hispanic Americans with interactive timelines, scavenger hunts, and more!

 

BULLET The Oregon Trail
The story of the trail and those who traveled it.

 

BULLET Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Shaded relief maps showing landforms of each US state.

 

BULLET Postcards From America 50 State Travel Adventure
Visit all 50 states through postcards special postage stamps, fun facts, travel tips, and much more!

 

BULLET Cornhusks
Find information about how cornhusks are used by Natives.

 

BULLET Road Trip! Through SC Civil Rights History
Take virtual tours of historical places in South Carolina and learn about important events from the civil rights movement.

 

BULLET Creating Communities
Explore and learn how people created communities on the frontier.

 

BULLET Sled Riding Locations Across North America
Read or write a review for the best sledding hills in your area for breaking out the Flexible Flyer.

 

BULLET Deadwood Illustrated
Explore the frontier gold rush town of Deadwood, Dakota Territory to find out what the Old West really like.

 

BULLET State Animals
Get info and pictures on your state official bird, amphibian, fish, and insect!

 

BULLET Desert Life
Learn about the desert environment and the characteristics that define the beautiful landscapes of the American Southwest.

 

BULLET Stately Knowledge
Make comparisons between states, play the State Capital game, and much more at this site.

 

BULLET Discover Illinois
Find out about our neighboring state.

 

BULLET Statue of Liberty
One of the most recognized symbols of American freedom.

 

BULLET Discover the Forest
Plan a trip to a park or forest and find the other you in nature.

 

BULLET Surviving Denali
Explore Denali (Mt. McKinley) and find out what the team eats for dinner, see what can go wrong with the human body at altitude, discover where other tall mountains are, and lots more.

 

BULLET Eli Whitney
This Connecticut museum preserves the site on which Whitney constructed the first American factory in 1798.

 

BULLET Totem Poles
Find out about totem pole symbols and myths, and places you can go to find them.

 

BULLET Flags of the United States
A directory of historic and current flags of America.

 

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Tracking the Buffalo
Stories from a Buffalo hide painting.

 

BULLET Florida Kids
Get the facts about Florida's cultures and settlement.

 

BULLET Travel With Buster
Travel with Buster to a new city every week.

 

BULLET First Americans
Find out about the history, geography, and culture of North American Indian tribes.

 

BULLET US State Map Quiz
See if you can drag and drop all the names of the U.S. states into their correct locations on the map before time runs out!

 

BULLET First Ladies’ Gallery
Check out this index to the biographies of all First Ladies of the United States of America, from 1789 to present.

 

BULLET Virtual Reality Panoramas of Philadelphia
Take a look around the historical, cultural and scientific sites of Philadelphia.

 

BULLET The Great State Race
Answer trivia questions to criss-cross the country state by state to be the champion.

 

BULLET Welcome to Michigan
Find fascinating facts and trivia about the Great Lakes State.

 

BULLET Gullah Net
Explore Gullah culture in South Carolina with Auntie Pearl-Sue.

 

BULLET What Can Kids Do
Learn how young people work in their schools and communities on the real-world issues that concern them most.

 

BULLET Hall of Presidents
Find biographical infomation on each president along with a picture gallery.

 

BULLET Windmills of the USA
Take a look at these windmills that are scattered around the states that celebrate the heritage of individual communities.

 

BULLET Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Learn from the timeline and take the quiz created by second graders.

 

BULLET World’s Largest Roadside Attractions
A collection of roadside attractions which claim being the "world's largest" something.

 

BULLET Jamestown Online Adventure
Become the Captain of the Jamestown Colony using the London Company's Instructions as a guide, create a colony better than the real colonists.

 

BULLET Wild-Eyed Alaska
Imagine watching a bald eagle close up. Or joining a puffin inside its burrow. Or plunging over rocky cliffs into the water to gaze at giant barnacles and other sea life. Now you can do all this and more virtually."

 

BULLET Lakota Winter Counts
The Lakota marked the passage of time by drawing pictures of memorable accounts on calendars known as winter counts.
BULLET Yellowstone Digital Slide File
Take a virtual trip to Yellowstone National Park, and see all the beauty it holds.

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World

BULLET Africa for Kids
Let Femi, your tour guide, show you Africa up close and personal. You'll read Swahili folk tales together, make a mask, play thumb piano tunes, and view his world.

 

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Kids Castle
Explore each virtual area of this 1480 Nottingham Castle replica, meet the residents, and learn all about medieval castle life.

 

BULLET Amazing Travel Bureau
Go on an adventure to faraway places.

 

BULLET Kids Web Japan
Get basic information about Japan.

 

BULLET Ancient Americas
Find all about the early history of the Western Hemisphere.

 

BULLET Kites From Around the World
Venture around the world to see beautiful kites.

 

BULLET Ancient Egypt
Artist and scholar, Mark Millmore, introduces all of us to ancient Egypt with its pyramids, temples, kings and queens, and hieroglyphics.

 

BULLET Land of the Spirits
Journey into the lives of aboriginal people who lived on Ontario's Bonnechere River.

 

BULLET Ancient Egypt
This site features Ancient Egyptian daily life, mummies, hieroglyphics, games, and more!

 

BULLET Life in Ancient Egypt
Explore Egyptian society with this on-line exhibit.

 

BULLET Ancient Scripts of the World
Take a look at what ancient alphabets and scripts from all over the world look and sound like.

 

BULLET Living Africa
Check out the varied and diverse life in Africa.

 

BULLET The Arctic Studies Center
Explore the history of northern peoples, cultures, and environments and the issues that matter to northern residents today.

 

BULLET Magic Treehouse
Where you can travel through time and around the world.

 

BULLET Athropolis
Find out everything you need to know about the Artic!

 

BULLET Maps4Kids
Understand the world through maps, geographic information and games.

 

BULLET Balloon Hat
Check out the neat pictures of people from all over the world wearing balloon hats.

 

BULLET Maps of the World
Find maps of countries of the world.

 

BULLET Breaking Down the Walls
Find out what it's like to be a kid and live in different countries and ways to get along with people who are different from you.

 

BULLET Metro Bits
Everything you ever wanted to know about 40 different city subway systems.

 

BULLET British Monarchy
Read biographies of the Queen and the Royal Family and learn about kings and queens through the ages.

 

BULLET Mexico for Kids
Discover the history of Mexico.

 

BULLET Calendars Through the Ages
Find information on various calendars from around the world.

 

BULLET The Monuments of Canada
Take a virtual visit to big landmarks in Canada.

 

BULLET Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Learn about Hispanic history in the Americas.

 

BULLET Mountain Voices
Read the interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain and highland regions round the world.

 

BULLET Chinese Dragons
Learn how they originated to their effects on Chinese culture.

 

BULLET Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport
Browse the world in a virtual classroom.

 

BULLET Chinese New Year
Welcome in the Year of the Tiger with these crafts and stories.

 

BULLET Mysteries of Çatalhöyük
Explore the findings at this archaeological dig in Turkey.

 

BULLET Community of Clocks
Take a look at clocks from all over the world and read about their history.

 

BULLET National Anthems
Listen to National Anthems from all over the world.

 

BULLET Cotton Campus
Learn about one of the world's most important resources: Cotton.

 

BULLET Nations Online
A destination guide to countries and nations of the world.

 

BULLET Country Listing
Learn about a country you may want to visit.

 

BULLET Native American Shelters
Get information of the various types of shelter American Indians used by regions of the country.

 

BULLET Country Reports
Search for Country information from around the world.

 

BULLET The Nile File
Take a look at how ancient Egyptians lived between 5000 and 2000 years ago.

 

BULLET Culture Quest
Learn about the history, folktales, food, and games played from cultures around the world.

 

BULLET Panoramas
Visit hundreds of places around the world at 360 degrees.

 

BULLET Dancing Around the World
Tour different countries all over the world and learn about their national dance.

 

BULLET Passport to Antarctica
Visit one of the coldest, iciest and most remote continent on our planet.

 

BULLET Day of the Dead
A three-day Mexican holiday to honor and celebrate loved ones who have died.

 

BULLET Peace Corps Kid’s World
Explore the globe and learn about making a difference.

 

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Eiffel Tower
Take a tour of the Eiffel Tower.

 

BULLET Peace Makers & Breakers
Learn how famous world leaders have shaped our history and they continue to shape our future.

 

BULLET English-Spanish Picture Dictionary
Learn how to say lots of English words in Spanish with this picture dictionary.

 

BULLET Pirates "Brethren of the Seas"
Get the facts and learn about how pirates lived both on land and sea.

 

BULLET Expeditions
Learn all about the race to the South Pole.

 

BULLET Planet Torerance
Read stories about people in other cultures, play games and learn how to get along.

 

BULLET Explore Countries of the World
Get interesting facts about people and places around the world.

 

BULLET

Playing With Time
Take a look at how the world around you is changing over many different time periods.

BULLET Famous Hispanics in the World
Find information on famous Hispanic people.

 

BULLET Pyramids
Explore a reconstruction of a pyramid complex.

 

BULLET Forever Friends
Travel to Japan, China, India, the Philippines, Korea and Vietnam and learn about their customs.

 

BULLET Reporting From Iraq
Get the facts about life in Iraq.

 

BULLET France
A second grade class shares the culture and language of France.

 

BULLET Say Hello to the World
Learn how to say hello in many different languages.

 

BULLET Friendship Dolls
Learn how dolls allowed children to better understand and appreciate the children of another country.

 

BULLET Sea and Sky
Explore the natural wonders of below and above the earth.

 

BULLET Garden of Ease
Take a tour of the only Chinese garden created in the last century.

 

BULLET See You See Me - Skara Brae
Take a tour around Scotland with Eilidh the archaeologist and see the scientists at work unearthing information hidden underground.

 

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Geographia
Information, history, and culture on exciting travel destinations.

 

BULLET The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Discover the mysteries surrounding the history of the Seven Wonders of the World. Can you name all seven?

 

BULLET Geography
Visit all the countries of the world with interactive maps, pictures and national anthems.

 

BULLET Take Me There - Egypt
Explore all that modern Egypt has to offer.

 

BULLET Global Trek
Travel the world without having to leave your seat.

 

BULLET Tales From the Billabong
Get to know Australia through stories, landscapes and animals games.

 

BULLET

Go Places
Learn unique history and culture from 24 different places on Earth.

 

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TerraFly
Enter an address, and you will be at the controls of a new and innovative way to explore your digital earth.

 

BULLET The Great Building Collection
An archive of buildings from around the world can found on this online encyclopedia of architecture.

 

BULLET The Tomb of Perneb
Travel back ancient Egypt to the tomb of Perneb.

 

BULLET Greenland Tour
Read about Larry's year in Greenland.

 

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Tour of Parliment
Take a look inside the political power-house that has been home to many great kings.

 

BULLET Harvest Celebrations Around the World
As the harvest season approaches, learn about different cultures as well as agriculture, geography and astronomy.

 

BULLET United Nations
Learn about the history and work of the UN.

 

BULLET Hieroglyphics
Find out where this picture writing was used and how to read it.

 

BULLET United States History Map
Become a geography whiz as you learn how the United States was settled.

 

BULLET Hina Matsuri
A Japanese doll festival in which families pray for the happiness of their girls.

 

BULLET Where Do Languages Come From?
Learn about the origin of languages and words from around the world.

 

BULLET Hold on to Your Hats
Check out the history and meaning of hats and other headwear in Canada.

 

BULLET Winged Sandals
Explore the magical world of Classical Greek mythology, a place filled with awesome gods, daring heroes and fabulous monsters.

 

BULLET History of Japanese Currencies
Learn about the Japanese currency system that includes pictures from the beginning to the present.

 

BULLET WorldAtlas
Lists of Biggest Cities in the World, Highest Mountains, Deepest Spot in the Ocean, Longest Rivers and more!

 

BULLET In Search of the Ways of the Knowing Trail
Visit a rain forest in the village of Epulu in central Africa to get to know the people and animals that live there.

 

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World Cultures
Explore a world of objects and cultures in this online gallery.

 

BULLET Ireland
Learn about this island off western Europe in the Northern Atlantic Ocean.

 

BULLET World Gazetteer
Get current population figures for cities, towns and places of all countries.

 

BULLET Journey into Amazonia
Discover the history of Amazonia’s mysteries.

 

BULLET World Flags Database
Features flags of the world.

 

BULLET A Journey to a New Land
Choose your journey to learn about the first people to arrive in the Americas.

 

BULLET You Wouldn't Want To Be A Roman Gladiator!
Find information on the life of a Roman gladiator.

 

BULLET Kids' Africa
Explore Africa with Anansi, the spider.

 

BULLET You Wouldn’t Want to be a Polar Explorer
Join Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to icy Antarctica as a polar explorer.

 

BULLET Kids Around the World
Meet children from around the world and learn what it's like to be where they are.

 

BULLET You Wouldn’t Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy!
Discover what it would really be like to be a mummy.

 

BULLET You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Whaling Ship Essex!
Go on an adventurous voyage aboard the whaling ship, Essex.

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