For those drawn to underground adventures, Moaning Cavern Adventure Park offers tours descending 165 feet into the earth via a spiral staircase. The main chamber is so vast it could contain the Statue ...

Many of you are familiar with the 1970 movie “Little Big Man” starring Dustin Hoffman. I just finished Thomas Berger’s 1964 book version, which tells the remarkable fictional life story ...

Nestled in the rolling foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Calaveras County, Angels Camp is the kind of place where you half expect to see Mark Twain himself strolling down the sidewalk, ...

There were few empty seats last Thursday evening at Page Auditorium on Duke’s West Campus, where Percival Everett talked ...

The novel retells “Huckleberry Finn” from the viewpoint of the escaped-slave character Jim. The event will be Nov. 8 at Los ...

Maurice Sendak's “Wild Things” book is regularly challenged by book banners because of its dark mood and supernatural themes.

Everett’s novel “James,” which reimagines “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain from the perspective of Huck’s ...

The Quick And The Dead,” by Claire Spencer, published by Harrison Smith, tells with a beautiful, concentrated fervor the tragedy of an artist passing through love, through marriage, through hatred, ...

From live blues performances in St Louis and kayaking on the Lake of the Ozarks, to driving Route 66 through Pulaski County, ...

The Territorial Enterprise building where Twain began his writing career burned down in a fire nearly a decade after the ...

The Main Street, U.S.A. Starbucks in Disneyland has received new decorations referencing Disney stories and attractions.

From the birthplace of Route 66 and the world’s tallest arch to sizzling barbecue and hidden caves, Missouri is packed with surprises. Here are 10 reasons the Show-Me State should be your next great A ...