Chihuly Nights at the Missouri Botanical Garden Is a Surreal Dream [PHOTOS]

If you were on the fence about attending the new Dale Chihuly exhibit at the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard, missouribotanicalgarden.org), don't be. It's fantastic.

The world-famous glass blower always draws a crowd, but the 18 large-scale installations in the garden are overpoweringly beautiful in person.

The Chihuly Nights exhibit runs from now through October 15.

Hot Tip: Visit around dusk, and you'll have the most magical lighting, and your slow stroll through the garden will be soundtracked by hundreds of croaking frogs.
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