With Ino

Hi, I'm Ino. I had already been to the top of the Gateway Arch — 630 feet up, looking west over the city and east over the river. That view is impressive. But there is another view of the Arch that the tram doesn't give you, one that requires getting on the water instead of going up into the steel. It's the view from the east — the full front face of the structure, with the city skyline behind it. The only way to see it is from a boat. That's what the Gateway Arch Riverboat Cruise is for. The Gateway Arch framed by the American flag from the top deck — the Old Courthouse dome visible between the arch's legs. The River That Built St. Louis To understand why a riverboat cruise makes sense here, it helps to know what this river meant to the city. St. Louis was founded in 1764 as a fur trading post at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers — a location chosen precisely because it sat at the intersection of the continent's two great wat...