Should you find yourself journeying up to eastern Iowa on your way to Iowa City or Cedar Rapids (or maybe to see some llamas), you’re liable to pass by Riverside, Iowa, a small town of scarcely a thousand people. You might be forgiven for not giving Riverside much of a thought, but if you have…
When you go to Six Flags St. Louis, you have many options for food. For instance, you can pack a lunch in a cooler and eat it out in the parking lot. This is, in fact, a time-honored tradition at Six Flags St. Louis. Thanks to the presence of grassy medians — some of them…
Laura Ingalls Wilder is famous for her Little House on the Prairie books. Wilder’s childhood was spent living in various parts of the Midwest, but she lived most of her adult life in Mansfield, Missouri. She and her husband Almanzo moved to Mansfield in 1894, purchasing a parcel of land they called Rocky Ridge Farm….
There is something special about taking a stroll around a body of water. The problem is that many of the options in the St. Louis area can get quite busy. Creve Coeur Lake Park in St. Louis County features a lovely walkway around the park’s namesake lake, but on many days — weekends, especially —…
In 1803, Merriweather Lewis and William Clark set out from Camp Dubois, Illinois — not far from St. Louis — on their famous trek west across the United States. For that reason, there are a number of museums and monuments in the St. Louis metro area devoted to the two men and their journey. One…
In 1971, the Six Flags company opened its third theme park in the St. Louis area. Originally known as Six Flags Over Mid-America, the park’s six different regions were each represented by a flag that was connected to St. Louis or Midwest history in some way: Missouri, U.S.A., France, Spain, England, and Old Chicago. Since…
The confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers have been a hub of civilization for a long time. A thousand years ago, the largest Native American city in North America flourished on the site known today as Cahokia. Centuries later, the city of St. Louis would sprout near that river intersection. Less than half a…
Nestled along an outer road just east of 270, Drace Park is owned and operated by the city of Town and Country. The city purchased the property in 2000 from the family that bears its name, dedicating it three years later, in 2003. The park sits on nine acres of land and is a combination…
In the last few years, my wife started following an Instagram page out of Iowa that posts videos of all things llamas. We soon discovered that the Instagrammer runs her own llama BnB. We decided to make the trip up to Iowa to stay at the BnB as part of a brief getaway. Getting There…