Gateway Arch is pretty incredible

Started off the day strong. Walked across street (pretty much literally) to the Arch.  We could see Arch from our hotel room, out window. It's the kind of thing you just have to see in person.  It's really, really ridiculously tall.  From the ground it just seems so high that no one could possible go up to top, nor would one want to. But, we did it anyway.  In the "lobby" (I don't know what else to call the holding pen before you go up), there's a small 5 person pod, with a miniature door.  I really thought they were joking about us riding in that to the top. No joke. We were lucky in that we got to Arch by about 9:30am because it was 95 degrees out today and line when we left was crazy long. Anyway, you and 4 other brave souls cram into this tiny pod, on small seats and up, up you go. Took about 4 minutes...some herky-jerky motions and elevator-like ride later and we made it to top.  This pod system was built in the 1960s.  Most things from that era are now totally defunct and yet we trusted our lives to this system.  Interesting.  The windows at top are really just portholes looking out. Really small.  And ceiling in top of arch is maybe 7 to 7.5 feet tall.   If you are claustrophobic you'd want no part of this event.  Oh...and you probably wouldn't like it much if you don't like heights. But, to me it was super cool.  A must do.