Trip planning tools and info for the Katy Trail, a 239-mile biking and hiking trail crossing Missouri from St Charles to Clinton. The Rock Island Trail intersects the Rock Island Trail in Windsor, and will eventually intersect on the east end as well, fo
Visitors to Yosemite National Park enjoy skating on a frozen lake in the early 1900s. The vast, protected park has a land mass comparable to the size of Rhode Island. Ranger driving car on railroad Corbis Historical Ranger driving car on railroad Affixed with railroad wheels, this specially de...
Archeologists discover remains of what Barack Obama has described as unprecedented, un-American, and not-who-we-are immigration screening process in Ellis Island Mizzou protests lead to declaring entire state a "safe space," changing Missouri motto to "The don't show me state" Green energy fact...
A luxurious spa frequented by Michelle Obama, Elle MacPherson, Jessica Alba and countless A-list celebrities will open its second location in the Hudson Valley.
Arkansas’ history with UFOs goes back at least to April 20, 1897. Railroad conductor James Hooton claimed to be hunting in Homan when he came upon an otherworldly airship and chatted with its bespectacled pilot and crew. Hooton described the craft as cylindrical, with wheels and a horizontal...
Missouri rivers,killing 48 people and destroying more than 50,000 homes. The flooding had significant impacts on agriculture and infrastructure but also halted all railroad traffic across the Midwest. In addition, 10 commercial airports flooded, and some places along the Mississippi River remained ...
As the railroad brought a new wave of settlers out West seeking the American dream, the Winchester 1873 rifle became a favorite weapon for hunting and self-defense. Preferred for its reliability, simplicity, and superior rate of fire, the Model 1873 rode in the scabbards of many cowboys and...