Thespian Hall

The Big Muddy Folk Festival is returning April 3-4 to Thespian Hall in Boonville, Mo.

The festival kicks off with a Friday concert. Performers include Bob Bovee and Gail Heil, Barton and Para, and the Juggernut Jug Band. A old-time dance at…

Author Ann Hazelwood has compiled a list of “100 Unique Eats and Eateries in Missouri” in a new book published by Reedy Press. (It’s available at www.reedypress.com.)

Balanced geographically, the books covers all corners of the state and can be used…

Drury Inn St. Louis-Union Station

Drury Hotels’ new Drury Inn & Suites are now open in Baton Rouge, La.; Meridian, Miss. and Charlotte (Northlake), N.C.

“We understand that the economy is going through a sluggish period,” said Chuck Drury, President and CEO of…

The Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis has won a rare AAA Five Diamond Award for 2009, and four restaurants and five other lodgings in the area have earned Four Diamond status.

Of the 58,000 hotels and lodgings rated by AAA, only .28…

The clear, cold water from Alley Spring powers the grist mill and adds to the flow of the Jacks Fork River. Photo by Tom Uhlenbrock, Post-Dispatch

The Ozark National Scenic Riverways, the national park that protects the Current and Jacks Fork…

Photo from harbourridgeinn.com

Sue and Ron Westenhaver, owners of the Inn at Harbour Ridge in Osage Beach, Mo., were named among the top 10 innkeepers of the year worldwide in the 2008-2009 Best of Bedandbreakfast.com Awards.

The annual awards are based on nearly 50,000…

Photo from www.lakeholidaylights.com

Visitors to the Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri can experience a mile of dazzling holiday displays at the first annual Lake Holiday Lights Drive-Thru Light Park.

The display is at the new Osage Beach City Park off…

Peter Greenberg's book

A new book arrived unsolicited, “Don’t Go There,” travel journalist Peter Greenberg’s guide to “must-miss places of the world.” It’s full of dishonorable mentions. It’s due to hit the shelves - real and virtual - Nov. 11.

You may…

Fall colors along the Great River Road north of Alton, from 2002. Post-Dispatch file photo

Before you head out to see the leaves, check out these links to see where the fall colors are happening:

Alton’s fall color update
Missouri , then click on…