ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH
by GARY ELLISON
Branson visitors looking for something a little more adventurous than 76 Country Music Boulevard traffic can now take in the Ozark Mountain scenery as they sail through the skies while suspended from a cable stretching through the trees.
TRUCK STOP MISSOURI
by JENNIFER BONDURANT
Midway Travel Plaza is one of those community gathering places that just attracts characters of all types, and now it is the featured destination for Travel Channel viewers who tune in on Wednesday nights to watch Truck Stop Missouri.
AUGUSTA: KLEIN ABER FEIN
by JIM WINNERMAN
There’s a lot more than wineries to be found in the little town of Augusta, home to 250 people and an assorted number of businesses catering to fine art enthusiasts from across the world.
DIVIDED LOYALTIES
by KRISTEN LOKEMOEN
As Missouri was drawn into the Civil War, the state’s leaders took different sides. The third in a series of articles commemorating the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War focuses on prominent Missourians who threw their support behind the Union.
CIVIL WAR IN LITERATURE
by GARY ELLISON
Millions of words have been written about the Civil War, and those words will highlight a special exhibit at the 2011 Missouri Literary Festival in Springfield.
Remember When: by BARBARA BAIRD
Civil War Museum, Carthage
Taste of Missouri—by ELIZABETH HEY
Vintage Restaurant, Hermann
Places to Stay—by ELIZABETH HEY
Rose Bed Inn, Cape Girardeau
Fairs & Festivals—by BARBARA BAIRD
Frogtoberfest, Waynesville
Picture Missouri
a portfolio by winners of a state-wide photography contest conducted by the Missouri Division of Tourism