There are 93 state parks in Missouri, so there's plenty of nature to explore.These are the best Missouri state parks you'll ...

Perched on limestone bluffs overlooking the mighty Mississippi River, Hannibal, Missouri offers a retirement paradise where your social security check stretches like saltwater taffy and literary ...

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West Plains offers Ozark Mountain charm with prices that make retirement on $1,200 monthly surprisingly comfortable. This southern Missouri community boasts housing costs that sit well below the ...

From live blues performances in St Louis and kayaking on the Lake of the Ozarks, to driving Route 66 through Pulaski County, ...

Mark Twain is coming to a theatre near you! Kind of... Emmy-Award Winning actor Richard Thomas will star in a new production of Mark Twain Tonight! on stages across North America, bringing along Twain ...

Richard Thomas, best known as John Boy Walton in The Waltons and for his portrayal of Atticus Finch on the Tulsa stage in 2024, will bring a one-man show about Mark Twain to the Tulsa Performing Arts ...

When he was a boy walking the streets in Hannibal, Missouri, pages from a biography of Joan of Arc (1412-1431) were swept up to Samuel Clemens’ feet. Upon reading the strewn pages, Clemens inquired of ...

Thomas, now 74 (how can John Boy be 74?), is older that Twain was as he speaks directly to the audience, retelling family stories, philosophizing about American ways, playing Huck, nailing politicians ...

Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, wrote several iconic works in a study at Quarry Farm in Elmira, New York. The study was repeatedly threatened by vandalism, brush fires, and litter from ...

Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” published in 1884, is sometimes banned because of its constant use of the horrific term “nigger,” yet it is the least racist book imaginable.

Meet Mark Twain, as rascally and rapier-witted as ever. The sharp-tongued social satirist can be found prowling the stage of TheaterWorks Hartford in a major comeback, reviving one of the best known ...