Silver Dollar City, long known as “The Home of American Craftsmanship,” celebrates its roots with the debut of the new Culinary & Craft School during the Ozarks’ premier fall festival, Silver Dollar City’s National Harvest Festival. Showcasing interactive culinary arts and craftsmanship, this new project opens as the theme park presents the nation’s largest gathering of demonstrating craftsmen, award-winning musicians, fall food and harvest-time activities.

Also, two events…[more]

An original stagecoach, within a team of stagecoaches which carried mail from Springfield to Tombstone, Ariz., as part of the Overland Mail Company’s route from St. Louis to San Francisco, Cal. from 1858 until the Civil War began in 1861, will begin its journey in Springfield to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the mail route. The stagecoach will wind its way through the state, eventually ending in Fayetteville, Ark. At…[more]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) has named the Illinois Prairie Path as the sixth inductee to the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. The Chicago-area trail is featured in Rails to Trails magazine and on RTC’s Web site, complete with photos and a detailed ride-along description of its scenic views and important community connections.

The crushed stone, 61-mile rail-trail running through suburban Chicago is one of the Midwest’s most…[more]

Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. – Motorcycle riders and enthusiasts will say farewell to summer with a roar at the second annual Lake of the Ozarks Bikefest, Sept. 11-14.

Like the inaugural event last year, the 2008 Bikefest will feature scenic rides, concerts, vendor villages and contests – even the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales.  New this year will be a biker-style campground and a Sept. 11 tribute ride.  Most…[more]

At exactly 2:00 on Aug. 16 the gun went off and 250 spinners took aim, with Silver Dollar City seeking to be home of The Guinness Book of World Records: Most Top Spun Simultaneously. While the number of participants exceeded the requested 200, only 192 of the tops continued spinning for the required ten seconds.

Silver Dollar City will still be submitting the results. “Today’s event could be…[more]

Kansas City, Mo.— Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, along with Big Brothers Big Sisters Amachi Missouri (BBBSAM) and the Tour of Missouri, announced a partnership between the two organizations. The program for children of incarcerated parents will be the official beneficiary of the Tour.

“I am pleased that Big Brothers Big Sisters Amachi Missouri will be the official charity of the second Tour of Missouri professional cycling race,”…[more]

The City of St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry will offer hayrides in Forest Park on Friday and Saturday nights starting Friday, Oct. 3 and ending Saturday, Dec. 13.

The wagons, which are pulled by tractors, leave from Faulkner Drive (at Clayton Road near the Science Center) and take a 45-minute ride. They return to the picnic grounds where a bonfire is waiting. Groups can bring…[more]

When thinking about nutrition, food is what comes to mind for most people. However, water is more critical to life than food.

Water makes up about 60 percent of an adult’s body weight, said Janice Hermann, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service nutrition education specialist.

“All chemical process that occur in the body require water, including digestion, absorption, circulation, excretion, nutrient transportation, metabolic reactions, maintaining blood…[more]

There is still time to swim this summer at Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park near Lesterville before the scheduled closing of the park Aug. 25 so redevelopment of the park can continue, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today.

The department temporarily opened the shut-ins area of the park June 26 so the public could once again swim at the park this summer. The rest of the park…[more]

Branson Airport, LLC the first privately financed and operated commercial service airport in the United States, held a Press Conference Friday, announcing updates on the most exciting project in airports today.

Not only will the $155 million project open for commercial service May 11, 2009, but it will host one of the top 10 air shows in the nation during their Grand Opening celebration May 8, 9 and…[more]