Click here to see & hear all about PD writer Matt Franck’s trip to Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana, and the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, all with his frugal family of six. Holiday World is the land where the soda (left)…

Leave your passport at home and visit an international community right here in STL. Our city’s South Grand neighborhood’s a great place to take a staycation and learn a little bit along the way.

Here’s the itinerary for the daytrip:…

BRANSON, MO. - The fall class schedule for Silver Dollar City’s new Culinary & Craft School goes online today. Learn handmade crafts, home decor and cooking techniqes from master and expert artisans.

Here’s a sampling of what’s being offered:
Bountiful Harvest Specialties: Learn…

The folks at Funjet Vacations wanted to let us know about a few great trips out of St. Louis. Without further ado:

LAS VEGAS
Spend three nights at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino for $429.99 per person, double occupancy. Fly to Sin…

St. Louis’ five major cultural institutions have teamed up with Drury Inn & Suites Forest Park to offer two family “staycation” packages each worth $658.
Each of the two winners will receive:
• One night, two rooms or two nights and…

It’s the whole outdoor movie experience but without the big movie speaker hooked to your car door.

Movies around Missouri has a great lineup of free outdoor movies this weekend, including:

“Vertigo” on Friday, July 18 at  KENEGY PARK in RAYTOWN

“Grease” on…

From the Associated Press

If you’re joining the “staycation” craze this summer by taking your precious vacation days at home, you might find inspiration in “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Backyard Adventures.”

The $12.95 paperback by Nancy Worrell, part of the…

The new Midwest Genealogy Center, billed as one of the nation’s largest libraries for people tracing their ancestry, has opened in Independence, Mo.

Among genealogists, the Mormon church’s Family History Library in Salt Lake City is considered the mother lode of information,…

The National Park Service has launched a website for visitors with disabilities and other special needs to help them find accessible trails, programs and activities at national parks. It’s called “National Parks: Accessible to Everyone.”

The site lists places where signed…