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‘Baker’s Dozen’ headline Omaha’s summer festivals and events

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April showers bring May flowers, right? In Omaha, they also bring summer festival season. Beginning with the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting the weekend of April 30, Omaha has a festival […]

Smelling the flowers in our Midwest botanical gardens

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Spring is in full bloom. So are the flowers and plants in our area. We thought we’d take a look at the botanical gardens available to Midwesterners to take in […]

May Midwest Travel Twitter Chat – Travel North Dakota

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Disclosure: Thanks to Travel North Dakota for sponsoring this post and the May Midwest Travel Twitter Chat.  All opinions and views are ours. A beautiful landscape, experiences, history and people in the […]

Looking for something different for Kansas City dining? Try these spots

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Kansas City may be Ground Zero for great barbecue, but it also has some wonderful non-BBQ options for visitors. We usually eat BBQ at least once during a visit there, […]

Jesse James’ gang pulled first daylight bank robbery at Liberty, Missouri

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For a “law and order, good guys always win” kind of guy, I have a weird fascination with all things Jesse James. We’ve visited the farmstead of his youth, the […]

What to Expect when flying high with iFly

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I believe I can fly. Well, I did fly a couple weeks ago at iFly in Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. I had heard about iFly – […]

Taking over Visit Omaha one photo at a time

Love mural in North Omaha

It was a coup of epic proportions. They never saw it coming. Well, actually, they did, since Lisa worked with the Omaha visitors Bureau (Visit Omaha) for a weekend takeover […]

Become a kid again at Kansas City’s National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

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Want a trip down memory lane, back to when we were kids and played with our favorite toys? Meet me in Kansas City, near the corner of 52nd and Oak. […]

John Wayne Museum honors Winterset, Iowa, native

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Most people recognize him as the “Duke.” For folks around Winterset, Iowa, has was Marion. Marion Morrison was born in the central Iowa community in 1907. His family lived in […]

Kansas City weekend scores with baseball charity, food trucks and India

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When Lisa learned about the Kansas City Royals and the city of KC working together in developing the world’s longest first pitch for the baseball season opener Sunday, we decided […]

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