Explore a quaint, Ozark Mountain town in Missouri for nature lovers and adventure seekers, featuring scenic trails, charming festivals, and breathtaking views.

This Missouri town known as the "Gateway to the Ozarks" has a flower-box filled historic downtown and parks with gushing ...

Not far from the bustle of St. Louis is a scenic state park that's home to miles of trails, fishing holes, and panoramic ...

Old memories of an historic railroad remain, but new memories are made daily on foot or by bike along the Katy Trail in the heart of Missouri. Bicycles, tricycles, walkers and runners have replaced ...

Just an hour south of St. Louis you'll find a unique town on the edge of the Mark Twain National Forest and containing a ...

A butterfly meadow at Powell Gardens outside Kansas City. The Highway 13 Butterfly Trail will pass through 12 western Missouri counties and feature gardens, art installations, and research facilities.

Long sections of unused railroad rights of way all over the country have been converted into rural avenues for hiking and biking, and one of the longest and oldest is also one of the most scenic -- ...

Schweikert wrote much of "Columbia Trails" while traveling in Colorado. Ginger Schweikert grew up in Columbia and moved away in 2000, after she graduated from MU. When she came back three years ago, ...

A thick canopy of deciduous trees covers a section of the Old Kate Trail at the Parkville Nature Sanctuary in Parkville, Mo. Nick Wagner [email protected] Editor’s note: Join Star visual journalist ...