The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is a monument that was built in the 1960s to honor the westward expansion of the United States. The Arch is a 630-foot tall stainless steel structure that stands on the west bank…
Route 66 is the iconic American road that stretches over 2,400 miles from Chicago west to Los Angeles. It touches parts of 8 states from the Midwest all the way to the Pacific Coast. Originally built in the 1920’s, this…
The Midwest Region of the US is not thought of as a hotbed of great ski resorts. While none are as big as the slopes in the Rockies or Pacific Northwest, there are still a number of challenging resorts, especially…
Missouri is part of the Midwest region of the United States and is the 21th-largest by land area and the 19th-most populous. The Mississippi River makes up the eastern boundary of the state, and the Ozarks are to the south….
The two national parks we visit on this trip are within larger cities, and are not the type of remote wilderness you first think of with sites in the National Park System. The Gateway Arch is a symbol of the…