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| Travel Guide for Missouri Nestled in the nation's heartland where rapids of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers clash and cultural influences of the Midwest and the South converge, Missouri showcases what the most legendary and liveliest state in the country should like. Despite typical Missourians' widely recognized conservative skepticism towards frothy eloquence, which gave the state one of its well-known nicknames, The Show Me State, Missourians have always appreciated a life's pageant show, be it one of the big-league baseball games at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, big-name Branson music shows as well as thrill rides in the Silver Dollar City, big-time entertainment and family-fun in Kansas City, or simply the bucolic prairie countryside and beautiful hillsides and lakes. Its geographical location in the middle of America's heartland makes versatility an integral part of Missouri's natural, historical and cultural make-up. With the addition of a colorful cast of characters past and present, including explorers Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Daniel Boone, author Mark Twain, ragtime legend Scott Joplin, outlaw Jesse James, and President Harry S. Truman, who have immortalized the self-deprecating stubbornness of the Show Me States, There is a wide variety of unique things to do and see along Missouri's first and foremost thoroughfares, the Mississippi River which defines its eastern border and ushers in European explorers and prosperous commercial trade, and the Missouri River which winds its way east-west across the heart of the state, the route along which serving as the staging area for pioneers moving west and the stomping grounds for gun-slinging outlaws. Rolling past lazy river towns of Cape Girardeau, home of Southeast Missouri State University, Ste. Genevieve, the first European settlement west of the river, bustling metro areas of St. Louis and St. Charles, the staring and ending point of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the lovely Hannibal, the birthplace of Mark Twain, this portion of Mississippi River should provide you with reason enough to embark on a Missouri trip. Dubbed "Gateway to the West", St. Louis celebrates its enduring status as the last eastern city linking the sophisticated East with the frontier West with some of the country's most awe-inspiring monuments and memorials right at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Featuring the riverfront Jefferson National Expansion Memorial which consists of the iconic Gateway Arch, Museum of Westward Expansion and St. Louis' Old Courthouse, City Museum, Concordia Historical Institute, Union Station St. Louis, Historic Daniel Boone Home & Boonesfield Village, Lewis & Clark Center, Black World History Wax Museum, Deutschheim State Historic Site and Museum, Historic Samuel Cupples House, Scott Joplin House and the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and Interpretive Center, St. Louis has a knack of bringing history to life. Add the family-fun tours to Missouri Botanical Garden, Forest Park, St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis Darkness Haunted Theme Park, Raging Rivers Waterpark, and Mid-America Aquacenter, and St. Louis Children's Aquarium, sports fan's must-see in International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum, Busch Stadium and Edward Jones Dome, art connoisseurs' delight at the St. Louis Art Museum, and shoppers' pleasure at Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis undoubtedly offers something for everyone. Almost directly across the state on the western border on the banks of Missouri River, you'll find the Kansas City, the first western city. Known for its sizzling barbecue, family fun and jazz scene, Kansas City Missouri is also one of the hotbeds of charm and character that make the state legendary. From the American Jazz Museum to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the Truman Sport Complex, from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to the Country Club Plaza shopping center, from the Science City Union Station to the Worlds of Fun theme park, from the Old Westport Landing historic settlement to the Harry S. Truman Home & Library in Independence, opportunities for a fun Missouri vacation in Kansas City and nearby are as boundless. Need a peaceful comfortable night's sleep after all the urban entertainment and family-fun? Hotels in St. Louis MO as well as Kansas City Missouri hotels are surely among the excellent varieties of city hotels in Missouri to choose from. From iconic graciousness of Hilton St. Louis Downtown and Courtyard Kansas City Country Club Plaza to plush riverfront Missouri hotels and casinos, such as Casino Queen Hotel in St. Louis and Ameristar Hotel & Casino in Kansas City, From quaint hospitality of boutique hotels in St. Louis MO and Kansas City Missouri bed and breakfasts to down-home simplicity of airport hotels in St Louis MO near the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, and Kansas City Missouri hotels near the Kansas City International Airport, lodging options in these two great Missouri cities are nothing short of exhilarating. Midway between St. Louis and Kansas City, you'll find the quaint capital Jefferson City, college towns of Columbia (University of Missouri and the Missouri Tigers),and Fulton(Westminster University where Winston Churchill made his famous Iron Curtain speech), and a scattering of roadside Missouri hotels and motels off I-70. The Lake of the Ozarks, also in Central Missouri, offers wonderful reasons to throw on your rucksack. Boasting abundant water-based recreation, excellent golfing greens, frequent country music shows, several factory outlets and shopping malls, Timber Falls Indoor Waterpark in nearby Osage Beach, and some of the most fabulous Missouri resort hotels by the lake, such as Osage National Condominium Vacation Rentals, Lake of the Ozarks is no doubt one of the more popular lovely summer vacation destinations in the state. If you'd rather venture into the less explored rugged Ozark Mountains in the south of the state, rest assured there's much among the picturesque lakes, forests, streams and caverns that warrant worthy stopping offs. Known for its spectacular variety of music shows and live performances at about half-a-hundred theatres, Branson is aptly nicknamed Missouri's family version of Las Vegas in the Ozarks. Other signature attractions in this hilly live entertainment center include Silver Dollar City, Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum, Branson USA Amusement Park, White Water park, Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Dinner & Show, as well as three pristine lakes nearby, namely Lake Taneycomo, Table Rock Lake and Bull Shoals Lake. Home to Wilson's Creek National Battlefied National Park, American National Fish and Wildlife Museum: Wonders of Wildlife, General Sweeny's Museum of Civil War History, Discovery Center, Dickerson Park Zoo, Exotic Animal Paradise, Fantastic Caverns, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, and the Missouri State University, Springfield serves as more than just a gateway to the Ozarks and the city of Branson. Branson hotels and Springfield Missouri hotels are the natural highlights of Missouri hotels. Lodging options in Branson, family-friendly Missouri resort hotels by the water's edge in particular, are possibly some of the most relaxing and refreshing places to rest your head. Reliable national/international chains are also well-represented among Branson hotels and Springfield Missouri hotels. Missouri travel guide is copyrighted. It cannot be copied. |
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