Missouri – Page 6 – Detours Magazine

An Explorer's Guide to the Midwest

An Explorer's Guide to the Midwest

Personal Profile: Tom Gasko, Curator of the Vacuum Cleaner Museum in St. James, MO

Tom Gasko says he enjoys teaching the public about vacuum cleaners. This is just what he does as the curator

I’ve been going to World Bird Sanctuary’s Birds in Concert since they first started in August of 2000. I’ve known

The Walnut Street Inn is a bed and breakfast composed of a Main House, a Carriage House next door, and

Perched on bar stools, customers cheer, “Fly, monkey, fly!” as someone tosses a stuffed monkey from one end of the

The Steamboat House in Galena, Ill., has remained relatively unchanged since its construction during 1855. Innkeepers Glen and Char Carlson

Located at Thousand Hills State Park in Kirksville, Mo., the annual FLATS Half Marathon isn’t as flat as the name might suggest. In fact,

Located next to Flat Branch Creek in downtown Columbia, Mo., Flat Branch Pub and Brewing has attracted travelers, residents and

Written by Emily Wichmer Water laps gently, producing a calming white noise as visitors sleepily recline in padded folding chairs.

In the Ozarks of central Missouri, summer lake culture is about sun, water, food and the best ways to enjoy

Oddly Correct During Fall 2008, Gregory Kolsto had more than pumpkins and holidays on his mind — he was starting