Flynn Park, in University City, Missouri, is surrounded by Tudor- and brick-style homes and filled with large, leafy trees. I explored several paved paths and sidewalks around Flynn Park, taking in different parts of the…
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Pacific Palisades Conservation Area: Hike Through Flowers and by Ponds
Hike through fields full of flowers in the spring and walk by swamps and ponds that used to be gravel pits at the Pacific Palisades Conservation Area. Overview The conservation area sits south of Eureka,…
Fall Hikes: Don Robinson State Park
See a sandstone canyon with its cave-like rock shelter and cross-clear trickling streams at Don Robinson State Park.
Kansas City’s Plaza Lights Display Extended to Valentine’s Day
As a child, what I looked forward to the most at Christmas was the magic of the Plaza Lights in Kansas City. (Plaza Lights will remain on through Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day!) It is an…
Checkout STL Brewery Lights at Anheuser-Busch
See more than a million twinkling lights at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis and best of all it is free.
Broemmelsiek Park Offers Free Corn Maze
Find your way around a free corn maze and check out 19th-century farm equipment at the Agriculture Educational Garden at Broemmelsiek Park north of Defiance, Mo. Walking through the Corn Maze and exploring the garden…
Lakeside Trail Hike at Cuivre River State Park
Along the Lakeside Trail, you will see blooming flowers and wildlife at Cuivre River State Park, located north of Troy, Missouri. This is a 3.6-mile loop hike on a natural surface trail that can be…
War of 1812 History along Fort Zumwalt Park Hike
Hike by a rebuilt fort from the War of 1812, the 1884 Heald Home, and along the spring-fed Lake Whetsel at Fort Zumwalt Park in O’Fallon, Mo. Parking Here I parked along Jessup Drive West…
Sunset Greenway: Oldest Church West of the Mississippi River Hike
Walk from the oldest church west of the Mississippi River to a bluff overlooking the Missouri River on the Sunset Greenway in Florissant, Mo. This hike is 6.4 miles out and back on a paved…
Explore the Gardens at Blanchette Park
Discover gardens adorned with blooming plants and shrubs and a Veteran’s Memorial in Blanchette Park, St. Charles, MO. In the park, I walked various loops to see the gardens and explore the entire area. There…
