Everyone sat huddled in front of the television the day after the two-year anniversary of the tornado that swept across the Missouri Bootheel and Northeast Arkansas. It was déja-vu all over again as evening television viewing was interrupted by local news stations announcing major storms headed our way. Read More...

I recently had the opportunity to visit the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. It wasn't a leisurely visit, though, as I was a chaperone for my nine-year-old son's third grade class. Read More...

Politics? On a travel magazine website? I'm a political junkie, but I would never try to bring politics into the magazine or this blog. However, while watching Missouri's Super Tuesday results come in county by county, I began noticing an interesting fact about Missouri's population centers, one that could also translate into travel demographics across the state. Read More...

I have had a pet peeve for some time regarding media reports on how gas prices affect leisure travel. Despite what you may hear, there is plenty of evidence to back up the fact that rising gas prices do not have much of an impact. Read More...

Mark this one up in the "didn't see it coming" category. One week after the Winter 2007 issue—featuring Springfield's amazing Wonders of Wildlife museum—hit the mail, the museum board of directors announced a massive renovation project that will keep the museum closed until mid-summer. Read More...

We're excited about the addition of The Show-Me Shop to our site. Visitors to Show-Me Missouri will eventually be able to purchase a broad spectrum of Missouri goods, ranging from books to edible goods to crafts—pretty much anything made in Missouri. We switched the on-line magazine subscription department to the new system a few months ago. Keep an eye out as we add new items to the shop.