4 Nestled between downtown St Louis and the mighty Mississippi is the Gateway Arch.
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9 During a nation-wide competition in 1947-48, architect Eero Saarinen's inspired design for a 630-foot stainless steel arch was chosen as a perfect monument to the spirit of the western pioneers.
10 Construction of the Arch began in 1963, and was completed on October 28, 1965, for a total cost of less than $15 million.
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13 The Gateway Arch was built to withstand earthquakes and high winds; it sways up to 1 inch in a 20 mph wind, but is built to sway up to 18 inches.
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18 We didn't know, as it wasn't advertised, but these are the viewing platform window.
We gotta go take a butchers hook now.
19 You enter the museum and ticket office via this underground entrance.
20 This is the way to the little cable car that takes you to the top of the arch.
21 Five people at time climb into a cable car (there are 6 in total linked together) that is shaped like an egg for the ride to the top.
22 As you can tell, there isn't a hell of a lot of room while you spend the 3 minutes cacooned in the egg.
Hell of a way to meet people though.
23 You then climb up a few stairs .....
24 ..... or just pose for a photo - you choose.
25 C'mon Dash, I wanna look inside dude.
26 You are now 690 feet or 192 meters of the ground.
