If you’re a typical Washington University student, you’re not from here. You didn’t grow up in St. Louis, and chances are, you’re most certainly not planning on staying here once your four years on campus are over. Common and valid as this mindset may be, however, we’d like to invite you to reconsider.

Even though students often complain that St. Louis does not offer the excitement of cities such as Chicago and New York, one organization doesn’t agree. The National Trust for Historic Preservation declared St. Louis to be among the Dozen Distinctive Destinations in the United States.