Prime Rib Is Another Reason To Book Dinner At This Downtown Missouri Steakhouse
Downstairs, under a white-tablecloth dining room, sits a moody speakeasy-style lounge called the Red Room. That alone makes me curious.
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We Ranked The Top 12 Breakfast Restaurants In Missouri And Here Is Who Made The Cut
A pancake big enough to need a pizza box sounds like a joke. In Missouri, it is an actual breakfast situation, and I find that wonderful.
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10 Missouri Places That Feel Like Stepping Back Into Your ’70s And ’80s Childhood
One Missouri arcade averages 70 to 80 video games and 16 to 18 pinball machines. You pay once at the door, and the flippers are yours for the night.
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Dozens Of Gingerbread Creations Fill This Missouri Church At Christmas And Visitors Can Vote For Their Favorite
A church lobby turns into a tiny town made of cookies every December. Kids as young as one can enter, and so can professional bakers.
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This Missouri Tea Room Serves English Afternoon Tea With Fresh Scones And House-Made Clotted Cream
Your tea arrives in an antique teapot, and you get to pick which one. That single detail had me hooked before I even saw the scones.
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A 155-Acre Fishing Lake Anchors This Missouri Park Where You Can Hike, Paddle, And Camp
A 155-acre lake sits in the middle of a city park, and it's stocked with bass, crappie, bluegill, and catfish. That alone got my attention.
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The Short Missouri Hike That Leads You Along A Creek To A Woodland Waterfall
A waterfall hides right in the middle of a busy tourist town, and the walk to reach it is shorter than most mall parking lots. The whole trip out and back runs only about one and...
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A Quick Fuel Stop Turns Into A Barbecue, Bakery, And Popcorn Outing At This Massive Missouri Travel Center
A full-size Winnebago camper sits inside this gas station. Not in the parking lot. Inside, under 42-foot ceilings, surrounded...
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You Can Ride In Passenger Cars Built In 1926 On This Volunteer-Run Missouri Railway
A train robbery happens on purpose here, and the passengers actually buy tickets for it. Yep, outlaws climb aboard, and nobody calls the sheriff.
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Peruvian Rotisserie Chicken Gets The Spotlight At This Missouri Restaurant On A Historic Shopping Strip
A single chicken here soaks in marinade for up to 16 hours after a two-hour brine. That's longer than most of us sleep on a good weekend.
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You Can Buy Salvaged Craft Supplies By The Jar, Bag, Or Pound At This Missouri Shop
Wine corks by the jar. Buttons by the bag. Fabric, yarn, and ceramic pieces by the pound. One shop in Missouri sells salvaged...
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The Secret Missouri Italian Spot Locals Claim Serves The Best Pasta In The State
A former molecular geneticist now hand-rolls thick spaghetti in a tiny gilded dining room. Yep, the scientist traded lab coats for pasta flour, and I can't imagine a better career...
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You Can’t Sell Anything At This Missouri Farmers Market Unless You Grew, Raised, Or Made It Yourself
Vendors caught reselling someone else's goods at this market can be expelled. Yep, that's the actual rule, and an Inspection Committee checks on it.
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A Missouri Collector Filled A Former Bank With Pictures Woven From Silk, And The Collection Grew Beyond 500 Works
A man once took apart an old billiards picture to reframe it and found out it wasn't printed at all. Every bit of the image was woven from silk thread.
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Volunteers Built This Missouri Trail By Hand, And A 40-Foot Natural Bridge Waits Along The Loop
Volunteers carved an entire hiking loop out of rugged Ozark hillside using nothing but their hands and hand tools. At the halfway point, a stone arch about 40 feet across waits...
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This Missouri Haunted Screampark Packs In 13 Attractions, Including A Terrifying Haunted Hayride
Thirteen haunted attractions sit side by side on one property, and a full trip through them can take more than an hour. That's not a typo.
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A Missouri Woman Started Baking After Work To Relieve Stress, Then Left Her Corporate Career To Open A Sweet Shop
A single decorated sugar cookie here can take up to 15 minutes to finish by hand. That's one cookie. Multiply that by a baby...
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This Missouri Antique Market Packs More Than 75 Vendors Into A 16,000-Square-Foot Brick Warehouse
More than 75 vendors share one renovated brick warehouse, and the whole place stretches across 16,000 square feet. That's a lot of treasure under one roof.
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This Missouri Biscuit Restaurant Started As A Food Truck And Now Serves Fried Chicken Sandwiched Between Fluffy Biscuits
The bar at this biscuit spot used to be a giant walk-in freezer. Yep, the building once belonged to a meat packing plant. Now...
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Lightning Struck This Missouri Statue More Than 300 Times, Then Crews Lowered It For Its First Restoration On The Ground
Lightning hit her more than 300 times, mostly on the head. She never moved, never flinched, and kept holding her bundle of grain the whole time.
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This Missouri Restaurant Lets You Build Unlimited Stir-Fry Bowls For A $14.99 Weekday Lunch
You fill a bowl with whatever raw ingredients you want, hand it to a cook, and watch it sizzle on a giant grill. Then you go back and do it again.
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This 30,000-Square-Foot Missouri Discount Store Turns Closeouts And Freight Claims Into Grocery Bargains
About 5,000 new products land on the shelves of one Missouri grocery store every single day. Yep, every day. That means the aisles...
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This Missouri Farmers Market Bans Resellers So You Buy Straight From The People Who Grow And Make Everything
Every single vendor at this Saturday market has to grow, raise, or make what they sell. Resale is flat-out banned, and vendors get vetted to prove it.
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11 Missouri Eateries That Never Bother With Advertising Yet Fill Up Every Night
Somewhere in this lineup, a server throws hot rolls across the dining room, and hungry people line up just to try catching one. That alone sold me.
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10 Haunted Roads In Missouri Locals Avoid After Dark
The ghosts may be free, but a late-night visit could cost you $1,000. One famously haunted trail in Missouri carries that potential fine for anyone caught there after dark.
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You Can Walk Across One Of Missouri’s Last Four Covered Bridges At This Peaceful Historic Site
A flood swept this bright red bridge away in 1886, and builders put it back up that same year. Some of the original timbers went right back into the new one.
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This Missouri Burger Joint Puts Peanut Butter And Double Bacon On A Cheeseburger
Peanut butter on a cheeseburger sounds like a dare, until salty bacon makes the whole idea click. In Missouri, one burger...
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This Missouri Diner Piles Two Burgers, Two Eggs, And Home Fries Into A $16 Breakfast That Means Business
Two quarter-pound burgers show up on a breakfast plate here, and nobody acts surprised. They share space with two eggs, home fries, chile, and melted longhorn cheese.
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This Enormous Missouri Mexican Grocery Is A Goldmine For Rare Spices
The scent of warm spices greets you before you even reach the first aisle. That alone makes me curious. Add 42,000 square feet...
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This Missouri River Town Pairs Antique Shopping With A Front-Row Seat To The Mississippi
A flood wall worth millions of dollars comes down when the water drops, just so a tiny downtown can keep staring at the Mississippi. That's commitment to a view.
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You Can Take A Boat Ride Across A Billion-Gallon Underground Lake At This Missouri Mine
A boat ride usually comes with open skies. Here, the scenery trades sunshine for towering limestone pillars and old mining passages deep beneath the ground.
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This Tiny Missouri Railroad Town Was Brought Back To Life By Locals Who Refused To Give Up
A railroad put this Missouri town on the map. Local volunteers refused to let its story end there. The community faced hard times...
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This Missouri Farmers Market Only Sells Goods Grown Or Made Within 100 Miles
Nothing here traveled across the country just to land on a market table. This Missouri farmers market keeps things close to home, with every product grown or made within a one-hundred-mile...
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This Missouri Antique Shop Is Packed With Old Doors, Vintage Hardware And Finds You Didn’t Know You Needed
A century-old door knob, a stained-glass window, and an old mantel can all end up competing for your attention here. This...
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You Can Camp On The Site Of A Vanished Missouri Town And Explore Its Forgotten Streets
Your campsite here comes with a street map from a town that no longer exists. This Missouri recreation area sits on the former site of Old Greenville, where roads and foundations...
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This Tiny Missouri Cafe Has Been Serving Homestyle Meals Since 1942 And Still Makes 30 Kinds Of Pie
Long before trendy brunch spots and giant dessert menus, this little Missouri cafe was already feeding people well. It has been around since 1942, serving homestyle meals, hearty...
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This Missouri BBQ Joint Cooks Its Meats Hot And Fast Inside 55-Gallon Drums
Low and slow is not the only way to make good barbecue. This Missouri joint takes the opposite approach, cooking meat hot and fast inside 55-gallon drums over live fire.
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An Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor Worth The Trip Has Been Serving Missouri Since 1933
Some places never needed to become trendy in the first place. This Missouri ice cream parlor has been serving scoops, shakes, malts, and sundaes since 1933, and that old-fashioned...
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This Missouri Italian Food Shop Keeps A Family Salami Tradition Alive Since 1902
A salami recipe lasting more than a century is not something you run into every day. This Missouri food shop has been carrying on the same family tradition since 1902, with cured...
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Ghost Stories Gave This Small Missouri Community The Nickname “Spookyville”
A tiny Missouri community picked up such a creepy reputation that people started calling it “Spookyville.” Windyville...
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This Missouri Restaurant Pairs Prime Rib And Lake Views With English Country Inn Charm
Prime rib with a lake view is already a strong start. Add dark wood, cozy dining rooms, and a little English country-inn charm, and this Missouri restaurant starts to feel like...
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A Former Country Market Dating To 1937 Now Houses A Missouri Dining Destination
What used to be a country market surrounded by cornfields now draws diners for polished meals in the same Missouri setting. The...
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This Missouri Conservation Area Has 1,425 Acres Of Wetlands Where Migrating Birds Gather
During migration season, the quiet can disappear under the sound of wings. This Missouri conservation area has more than fourteen hundred acres of managed wetlands, giving ducks,...
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This Missouri Fabric Shop Brings Vintage Prints Back To Your Sewing Table
If your sewing room could use a little more personality, this place knows exactly where to start. This Missouri fabric shop is packed with vintage-inspired prints that feel nostalgic...
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Drive Exactly 30 MPH Down This Missouri Road And The Pavement Starts Playing “America The Beautiful”
Your tires can actually play a song here, but only if you get the speed right. This Missouri road has specially engineered grooves that turn the pavement into a musical strip as...
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This 1858 Missouri Mansion Once Stood Beside A Route Used By Thousands Of Westbound Pioneers
that busy trail network, a grand brick house went up in 1858 and somehow survived everything that followed. The property saw...
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This Tiny Missouri River Town Is Filled With 1850s Shops And A Famous Ten-Pound Apple Pie
That brick sidewalks appeared, the little clapboard buildings lined up under the trees, and I realized I had not taken a wrong turn into someone's backyard after all. I had turned...
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This 3,000-Square-Foot Missouri Quilt Shop Is Packed With Fabric, Kits, And Notions Just Minutes From Branson
Three thousand square feet can hold a lot of fabric, and this Missouri quilt shop makes good use of every bit of it. Bolts, kits, patterns, notions, and colorful project ideas...
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This Missouri Chili Parlor Has Been Family-Owned For More Than 100 Years
More than a century later, people are still ordering chili the same way here. This Missouri parlor has been family-owned since 1919, serving a tomato-free recipe that stands apart...
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Route 66 Signs, Homestyle Breakfast, And Seriously Good Biscuits Fill This Old-School Missouri Cafe
This is the kind of breakfast stop where the biscuits deserve their own fan club. This Missouri cafe leans all the way into its Route 66 setting, with vintage signs, memorabilia,...
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Chicken Spiedini Has Been The Signature Dish At This Missouri Italian Restaurant Since 1989
If one chicken dish has stayed popular since 1989, it is probably doing something right. At this Missouri Italian restaurant, Chicken Spiedini has been the signature order for...
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This Free Missouri National Park Preserves The Farm Where George Washington Carver Was Born
You can walk the same ground where one of America’s best-known agricultural scientists spent his earliest years. This free...
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This Missouri Pizzeria Has Been Making Kansas City-Style Gourmet Pizza For 50 Years
Fifty years later, people are still arguing over which pizza to order first. This Missouri pizzeria has been making its own version of Kansas City-style gourmet pizza since 1976,...
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This Historic Missouri Hotel Has Been Welcoming Travelers Since 1845
Hotels do not usually come with nearly two centuries of stories attached. This Missouri stay has been welcoming travelers since 1845, back when steamboat captains and tradesmen...
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An Abandoned Missouri Quarry Became A Wooded Park Where Century-Old Stone Remnants Still Line The Trails
You could walk right past the first stone remnant if you were not looking for it. Then another appears. And another. Before...
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This Missouri Quilt Shop Is Part Of A Two-Month Fabric Road Trip That Crafters Wait All Year For
Fabric people know this can get out of hand fast. One quilt shop turns into three, then five, and suddenly you are planning an entire Missouri road trip around bolts of fabric.
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This Historic Missouri B&B Has A 1904 Sears Catalog House That Arrived By Train
A house arriving by train is not something you hear about every day. This Missouri B&B has a cottage that was built in Chicago in 1904, then transported to its current home...
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Cajun Seafood Is Hiding Just Off An Old Missouri Highway At This Family-Owned Restaurant
Seafood is probably not what you expect to find just off an old Missouri highway, but this family-owned spot has been proving otherwise for years.
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This Missouri Quilt Shop Is A Fabric Treasure Trove Crafters Could Browse For Hours
Fabric people know how this goes. You walk in needing one thing and suddenly every color starts looking useful. This Missouri...
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Thousands Of Bargains Rotate Through This Missouri Thrift Store While Every Purchase Helps Disabled Veterans
If you have ever wandered into a thrift store just to kill a little time and walked out with something you actually love, you already understand why people get hooked on places...
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