My wife and I traveled to Alton, Illinois on this Sunday afternoon to check out a new casino buffet. The Argosy Casino is located along the banks of the Mississippi River north of the St. Louis metro area. We had never been there before and decided to check out their Sunday Brunch.

Both of us enjoy a good buffet and would often plan a Sunday road trip specifically for that reason. Living in Pennsylvania, our choices were limited mainly to either a number of well known chain buffet restaurants or the occasional resort Sunday Brunch.

That all changed in 2003 after we moved to Missouri and were introduced to the large casino buffet. Thanks to Columbia's location in the center of the state, several large casinos are close by. We took advantage of this often.

We discovered the Argosy Casino during one of our online searches and decided to check the place out.

The Argosy Casino is located along the banks of the Mississippi River in Alton, Illinois.

Shore of the Mississippi River at the Argosy Casino, Alton, Illinois.

Getting to the Argosy Casino was a simple matter of following US Route 67 north from St. Louis across the Clark Bridge, (seen in the photo above), to Alton, Illinois.

Looking back at the city of Alton, Illinois.

The photo above looks across the Mississippi River to the Lincoln Shields Recreation Area. The viewing platform seen in the photo is actually a remnant of the old Lock and Dam Number 26 which was replaced in 1990.