Across the mighty Mississippi to enter the State of Missouri and the city of St Louis. The skyscape is dominated by the magnificent monument to western expansion, a mighty arch which stands towering some 190 meters above the park below

It certainly is an impressive sight. To get to the top you need to pack yourself into a tiny little tramcar with four other strangers and
find yourself hauled up the inside of the column. The Trams are just big enough for five ordinary people. if you're sharing with the family on holiday from Alabama, it's a tight squeeze.

Just over the road is the old courthouse of St Louis Where Dred Scott a slave petitioned for his freedom. The ramifications of that case helped lead to the Civil War, And as you stand in the spot that he stood while pleading for liberty, you can feel history passing by.