

They cater to your needs with graciousness. The Union Station Hotel is now run by Marriott, but has the same great staff they had when it was a Hyatt. VERY glad we didn't pay for a historic hotel only to get that. You had to walk from the Great Hall across a bridge over the mall into basically a stucco-walled 1980s Hampton Inn that they had constructed underneath the historic station canopy.

We were also disappointed to see that the hotel rooms weren't even historic. The former Great Hall, now the hotel lobby was grand, but that was the only thing worth seeing here.

On top of the emptiness, the mall was designed with a very hokey, Disney-ish feel that didn't fit in with the historic surroundings. The other half had extremely generic mall stores and a food court. Half the mall was empty of any stores, and this was the part we entered from, so it was a terrible first impression. Louis Centre, it's clear that retail doesn't work in DT St. So we went by on Saturday morning and discovered the shopping area to be a complete ghost town. When there’s so much to do and see in Missouri, the best way to explore really is via road trip.I almost stayed at the hotel here, until we discovered it had switched from a Hyatt to a Marriott. There's an old-fashioned soda fountain in town, which takes the "charm factor" over the top and in terms of scenic beauty, the Weston Bend State Park is quite stunning. House Beautiful looked at a list of criteria, and lauded Weston for its abundance quaint retailers, antique stores, and artisan shops. Well, Weston is a charming small Missouri town with a population of just under 2,000, and the town earned recognition from House Beautiful as being one of the most beautiful small towns in the country. What's the most beautiful small town in Missouri? Also, there is Kemper Center for the Arts, Westminster Gallery Art House, Backer Auto World Museum, and the Brick District, so you will never run out of things to do here, either! Fulton is about as charming as it gets the county seat of Calloway County, the towns boasts 69 buildings on the historic registry, including the National Churchill Museum, located on the campus of Westminster College, along with the Berlin Wall sculpture.

Genevieve, a little French Colonial Village that is Missouri's oldest town that's full of historic homes and buildings, restaurants, wineries, and microbreweries. In terms of charm, these 17 towns all offer a picturesque piece of small-town life, and include beautiful locales like Ste. Oh boy - are you going to make us choose? Because Missouri is simply full of delightful small towns, each offering their own unique slice of life in the Show-Me State! So instead we'll talk about *some* of the best small towns in Missouri. What are the best small towns in Missouri?
