On June 20, 2025, the Missouri Department of Transportation closed off the eastbound ramp on Interstate 270 leading to Interstate 170. The reason, according to MoDOT, is to replace the bridge over Pershall Road, which MoDOT says was built in 1978 and is “being replaced due to age and a substandard substructure.” If you’ve lived…
Missouri has a number of caves you can tour, from the low-key Onondaga Cave in Onondaga Cave State Park to the heavily promoted Meramec Caverns, both of those off of Interstate 44 southwest of St. Louis. Caves also dot the area in and around Hannibal, Missouri. One such cave is Mark Twain Cave. Originally known…
I’ve lived in the St. Louis area my whole life. I have a pretty good handle on the interstates, which are smooth and clear in some places and annoying in others. Interstate 270 is … well, it’s fine. It was constructed in the 1960s, in the time of the post-World War II suburb and vehicle…
If you live in St. Louis, there’s a chance you’ve seen a billboard ad for Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana. If you thought about it at all, you may have had a few questions, like: Where on earth is Santa Claus? What is Holiday World? Is this some tourist trap thing? The answers are:…
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 at the time, this one 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,…