Author: Tom
Cape Girardeau: Lazy L Safari Park
When you pull in the drive at the Lance farm, you might expect to see cattle or horses. But a closer look reveals a variety…
Cape Girardeau: Civil War History
Civil War engineers were simply running out of names, but that doesn’t mean the forts here were not important. It’s a place where the Union…
Cape Girardeau: Bollinger Mill
All this week, we’ll be in Cape Girardeau, Missouri–the place where the river turns a thousand tales. We begin with one of the most photographed…
The Battle of Boonville
As you may know, we do all of our stories from the actual location where they occur. While we did travel to this town, our…
The Red Skelton Festival
If you go to Vincennes, Indiana this weekend, there’s a good chance you’ll meet a clown. Actually, there’s a chance you might meet one thousand…
Hopewell Mounds
History on this continent is young when compared to places like Europe, but that mentality is to forget about the centuries people lived here before…
Your Own Railroad
Ever dream of owing your own railroad? Well, now you have the next best thing–you can rent a railroad for you and your friends and…
The Magic City
Today we welcome our listeners on 1230 KWIX in Moberly, MO. To visit the radio station there, you’ll need to cross the busy railroad tracks….
King City, Missouri’s BIG Pump
In over 15 years of traveling the countryside, we have yet to feature an attraction from my hometown, the place I went to school, the…
Settling King City, Missouri
New York City as the Empire State building, Seattle the Space Needle and for many years, King City, Missouri had a tombstone. It shows how…