What do you think of when someone says “mental institution?” “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest?” Scary movies? The Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph takes a fair look at […]
Walter Cronkite was considered “the most trusted man in America” during his journalism career. What an honor for the St. Joseph native. Another honor bestowed on the late journalist is […]
NOTE: This is the article that appeared in the Discover St Joseph travel insert for the Kansas City Star newspaper. We were honored to be invited to participate in the […]
Libraries as tourist attractions? We’ve found during our trips that libraries can be unspoken tourist attractions. Not many people think to check out a library on their vacations. But, maybe […]
Anyone who has followed us knows we likes us some local cuisine when traveling. Well, we have made it a point to make sure we hit the major barbecue joints […]
They may have been the closest thing Kansas City had to Indiana Jones…if you remove all the snake business, outrunning natives with poison darts and defeating enemy armies. Five men […]
Do you know why we observe Veterans Day on Nov. 11th instead of a different date? Did you know that Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day? If you don’t, […]
Kansas City was once home to a major American Airline. Trans World Air called KC home from 1925 until 2002, when it merged with American Airlines. TWA played such a […]
Turns out King Tut did not hail from Arizona. It’s doubtful he had a condo made of stone-a. But, he does remain a popular tourist attraction. That was evident by […]
What a difference a season makes! We first visited Kansas City’s City Market last December. While the merchants were open for business, there were only a few vendors on site […]
