City museum is a wild and crazy place plucked straight out of a fairytale somewhere. If you have kids that love to climb and crawl in tunnels this is the place for you! You will want to make sure your kids will listen to you and can find their way back to you if you go here. They can disappear pretty easily in this place. Or if your a younger couple looking for something to do as an exciting date night. This would definitely qualify.

There are essentially four sections to this place. There are the beginning tunnels just around the ticket booth that are a great break in for parents and kids alike. They aren't as expensive as the other areas and give you a good idea of what the place is about.

The second section can be accessed by a set of doors inside the first tunnel system or from several entrances on the different floors of the building. I call these the central caves. They are about 3-4 stories of tunnels, slides, stairs that just lead everywhere. There are stunning views up the entire inside of the building. Sometimes they have an 11 story slide that exits in this section. It will take you hours of climbing around to see every area in this section.

The third section is the main outdoors area that you can see when you come into the building. Most of the tunnels are open air. Meaning they are just coils of steel and fencing material that you can see through. So if you're acrophobic, maybe not the section for you. I myself am acrophobic and I use this section to challenge myself to do it. But it's one heck of an adrenaline kick, even for those not afraid of heights. The very top sections of this area can stretch up 5 stories. But they offer amazing views and allow you to climb your way through things like airplanes, historic bell towers of a church, a crane, some old team sections from six flags, and much more

The fourth and final section is something that you have to pay extra for, and that's the roof. Yep you read that right I said the roof! 11 stories up! This offers great views of the west section of St Louis from a bus that is hanging off over the side of the building. Once again if you don't like heights stay away from the edges and you should be ok. Just concentrate on the roof area and you should be good. There is also a ferris wheel up here where you can see most of St Louis and it's all open air. No tiny little windows like the arch has. And man can you feel the breeze. Just like everywhere else there are plenty of books and crazies to explore and climb in and up in.

Virtually every surface in the insanity is either climbable or a tunnel. There are tunnels shooting off of tunnels. Throughout the entire building. But there are fun little restaurants, an aquarium, a human skateboard park, glass blowers, and much much more to find as you crawl around this amazing fairytale land. You and your kids will sleep well after a day spent here.

Make sure to either bring your own knee protection or buy some in the gift shop. A set of gloves wouldn't be a bad idea either. I would say pants are a definite must and young ladies definitely would not want to wear a skirt. It would hang up everywhere as you crawl along if it's a long one. Or if it's short, everyone will see everything as you crawl along climb up.