The Anheuser-Busch Factory Tour in the company’s home base of St. Louis can be a popular tourist stop between a ride in the Gateway Arch and a day at a Cardinals baseball game. The tour, which visits the Budweiser Clydesdale horses as well as the Brew House, “puts a face on the worlds largest brewer,” said Karen Axelrod and Bruce Brumberg. The husband-and-wife team co-wrote the book “Watch It Made in the U.S.A.: A Visitor’s Guide to the Best Factory Tours and Company Museums” and are proprietors of FactoryTour.com. Here, Axelrod has offered 10 other great factory tours in the United States. (James A. Finley/ Associated Press)
“Craftsmen use clothespins to hold strips of cedar wood in place as they glue each piece together,” Axelrod said. “It’s neat that it’s not all high tech.” (Matt Rourke/ Associated Press)
“You get to stuff your own bear,” Axelrod said of the factory, where the factory store recently discounted its Hillary Clinton bears. She also enjoys tasting the results at the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Waterbury. (Toby Talbot/ Associated Press)