While in St. Louis recently (you know, the place with the Arch), we toured some amazing old places rich with history. While everyone was ooo’ing and ahh’ing over the overall views, I was drawn to the details of design and architecture. Such ornate details just aren’t important to builders these days. I couldn’t stop myself from taking oodles and gobs of photos while we were there, and you’ll be seeing more in the coming weeks as I work my way through them all. It’s sad that the media has struck such fear in people by giving St. Louis a bad reputation as far as crime causing them to avoid venturing into the city to really see the historic beauty of it.
Here is just one of the details that caught my eye as many others in the tour group had their eyes focused on the doors that led to free beer, soda, and pretzels at the end of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour…