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Biggest Buffalo Ranch in Missouri
(Missouri Life Magazine) Don’t call them buffalo around Herbert M. “Skip” Sayers, who likes to explain that buffalo are African and Asian, and in the United States, we really have bison. We just called...
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Tour the oldest prison west of the Mississippi
Photo credit: Missouri Life Magazine Emma Goldman, Pretty Boy Floyd, Sonny Liston, and James Earl Ray were all held here in the prison once called the bloodiest 47 acres in America. The oldest...
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Vintage Hill Farm in mid-Missouri offers a homegrown paradise of vintage plants
Photo credit: Missouri Life magazine There’s a Yellow Rose in Texas. But there’s a Texas-sized bush of them in central Missouri at Vintage Hill Farm. You’ll also find peach roses, pink roses, white,...
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A comic book lover’s dream in Columbia
Rock Bottom Comics in Columbia. Photo by Andrew Barton/Missouri Life Magazine COLUMBIA, Mo. –Â By the proprietor’s admission, the store is cramped and could stand to be dusted, but what Rock Bottom...
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A grand dame
Built in 1900, The Folly Theater in Kansas City continues to offer strong music and stage performances today. Photo courtesy of The Folly. KANSAS CITY — The city’s oldest theater, The Folly, opened in...
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Romancing the Victorian Past in mid-Missouri
Romancing the Past B & B in Fulton offers rooms ranging from $120 to $175. Photo courtesy of Don Vernon. FULTON, Mo. — “I was having job burnout in Los Angeles,” said Jim. “Cate was a freelance...
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Everything old is new again at the Hotel Frederick
Photo by Andrew Barton/Missouri Life Magazine BOONVILLE, Mo. – From the wedding receptions and dinner parties that it hosted during its younger days to its later incarnation as a senior living...
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All around the state, history from the Wild West abounds
The Pony Express Museum in St. Joseph is only one of the great many Missouri museums that pay tribute to the Wild West. Photo courtesy of Pony Express Museum The Museum of Westward Expansion houses...
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A Day at Historic Union Station in Kansas City
Union Station is one of Kansas City's key historical landmarks. Photo courtesy of Union Station. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When they were younger, Kansas City natives Ed and Jan Guthrie traveled by train on a...
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Walking the Hermann Wine Trail
Stone Hill Winery Vineyards in Hermann. Courtesy of Stone Hill Winery. HERMANN, Mo. — One of the most popular ways to visit wine country is via a wine trail, and Missouri has several. The trails offer...
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More than just beans at Benetti’s Coffee Experience
Owner Ben Helt levels coffee into the portafilter to make a drink for a Benetti’s customer. Photo courtesy of Denny Medley (Random Photography). RAYTOWN, Mo. — “We didn’t just put lipstick on a pig...
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No Planes, No Trains, Just Automobiles!
Photo courtesy of Kemp Auto Museum Kemp Auto Museum, located in Chesterfield, is the perfect place for any automobile enthusiast. The museum’s collection includes vehicles from the turn of the century...
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From the bottom of the sea to southwest Missouri: The Titanic Museum in Branson
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons BRANSON, Mo. — The Titanic Museum is a destination for all ages with hands-on learning. When you enter the museum, you are issued the passport of a person who was on...
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From a church to a museum
Harold Bell Wright Museum. Photo courtesy of Mark Neuenschwander. It’s a small building on top of a hill in a small Ozarks town. It began its life as a church circa 1882, evolved into a public library...
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