Missouri’s Rhineland—Old World Traditions in a New World Setting
Story and Photos by Dorothea S. Michelman Just 45 minutes southwest by car from St. Louis, Missouri, an enchanting vista unfolds before you: verdant hills and valleys dotted with picture book farms and cows contentedly grazing, while the Missouri River...
There’s more than Dorothy in Kansas
The Oz Museum is just the beginning of this family destination By Phyllis Steinberg “Follow the yellow brick road to Kansas,” Dorothy says to her companions in the 1939 hit movie, The Wizard of Oz. Well, I did just that and discovered many...
Hermann, Missouri: Memories of Germany
Text and Photos by Dorothea Michelman Just 80 miles west of St Louis lies the small town of Hermann, named in honor of Germany’s national hero (Arminius in Latin), who vanquished three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D. With a backdrop...
Welcome to Kansas City: A Tourism Renaissance
By Roland Leiser Kansas City, MO. sits 262 miles from the nation’s geographic center in Kansas; thus the region is known as the Heartland. What may not be widely known is that the city is undergoing a tourism renaissance. Tourism in Kansas City?...
St. Louis Hosts All-Star Game
Visitors Can’t Get Enough of this Historic City By Arvin Steinberg The movie and song of yesteryear—”Meet Me in St. Louis”—had as its backdrop the 1904 World’s Fair held in St. Louis. That same excitement of the World’s...
