Archive
2012
2011
- 'Mansion of gold' prepares for holiday visitors
- The gist of Missouri’s historic gristmills
- Missouri’s
northernmost Civil War battle-site
- TWA Museum planned at airline's birthplace
- Missouri's 'gentle giantess' stole hearts
- Tracking the ghosts of aviation pioneers
- Remembering an old river town
- Mississippi museum a treasure-house of autos
- Visiting the ’New Jerusalem‘
- A visit to Elvis Presley’s boyhood home
- Experience earth-shaking history in New Madrid
- Visitor center honors a ’native son‘
2010
- Museum depicts Missouri village in 1800s (December 2010)
- Time-traveling into family history (November 2010)
- ‘Bird lives’ at KC’s American Jazz Museum (October 2010)
- Taking a spin in ‘America’s first sports car’ (September 2010)
- Visiting Gallatin’s Squirrel Cage jail (August 2010)
- Pony Express linked the nation in 1860 (July 2010)
- Model trains aplenty at KC’s Union Station (June 2010)
- National Archives reveal history, the good and bad (May 2010)
- 1930s stimulus package built Florida park (April 2010)
- Florida Highwaymen created collectible art (March 2010)
- Marshall museum honors aviation pioneers (Jan/Feb 2010)
2009
- Cathedral of the Plains a symbol of determined faith (December 2009)
- Marshall museum honors aviation pioneers (November 2009)
- The National Road and its bridges (October 2009)
- ‘Last Chance for Beans, Bacon and Whiskey’ (September 2009)
- Ozark museum celebrates pioneers (August 2009)
- Florida doctor invented the icemaker (July 2009)
- Automobile history roars to life at Arkansas museum (June 2009)
- Delta museum chronicles ‘King Cotton’ (May 2009)
- Searching for 'Old Florida' (April 2009)
- Ferriday, Louisiana: Hometown to celebrities (March 2009)
- Benefactor's spirit celebrated at Hispanic gallery (February 2009)
- Grinter Place, an historic Kansas survivor (January 2009)
2008
- Oldest Branson show still a favorite (December 2008)
- Visitors can relive Battle of Westport (November 2008)
- Museum to chronicle early-day appliances (October 2008)
- Fort Osage: 'Homeland Security' in the early 1800s (September 2008)
- Uncover your family history in Independence, MO (August 2008)
- Years of collecting create unusual Ozarks museum (July 2008)
- He enjoys 'painting the town' (June 2008)
- Tracking Audubon in Louisiana (May 2008)
- Uncovering the mysteries of the Calusa (April 2008)
- Superman's hometown (March 2008)
- Frontier comes to life at Fort Leavenworth museum (Feb. 2008)
- Kansas City's dirigible airline (Jan. 2008)
2007
- A balloon adventure in Iowa (Dec. 2007)
- Halltown famed for Route 66 antiques (Nov. 2007)
- Drive-through cave suits aging spelunker (Oct. 2007)
- The King Midget - a schoolboy's dream (Sept. 2007)
- Brownville can still draw a crowd (Aug. 2007)
- Airline collectors to touch down in KC (July 2007)
- Disney magic in Marceline (June 2007)
- KC's oldest brick home gets a facelift (May 2007)
- Antique truck came a long way from Kansas (April 2007)
- Shawnee Indian Mission served a changing frontier (March 2007)
- Sally Rand Museum recalls 'fan-tabulous fan dancer' (Feb. 2007)
- Liberty's old jail part of Missouri's violent past (Jan. 2007)
2006
- Flying 'Fat Albert' airlines (Dec. 2006)
- Reliving the 1700s at Living History Museum (Nov. 2006)
- Collector's 'Curved Dash Olds' is a show stopper (Oct. 2006)
- A look at Harry Truman's farm days (Sept. 2006)
- Ghost sightings enliven the history behind the Belvidere Mansion (Aug. 2006)
- Museum recounts struggles of early-day Kansas (July 2006)
- On becoming a kayaker (June 2006)
- Historic homes driving tour (May 2006)
- Recalling a Kansas City pioneer (April 2006)
- From Florida came Twain (March 2006)
- A visit to Harry's house (February 2006)
- A visit to Amelia Earheart's birthplace (January 2006)
2005
- Our 16th president with state-of-the-art technology (December 2005)
- Museum honors 'carousel king' (November 2005)
- Two journeys to London a half-century apart (October 2005)
- Reenactors mark 1861 battle (September 2005)
- House of history and antiques (August 2005)
- Metal sculptor captures spirit of favorite horses (July 2005)
- Blue Springs continues its legacy and mystery (June 2005)
- Jesse James Farm houses relics of outlaw past (May 2005)
- A 120-mile boyhood adventure (April 2005)
- 'Home on the Range' author homesteaded in Kansas (March 2005)
- KC Treasure came from a cornfield (Feb. 2005)
- Weston Museum a bargain for history buffs (Jan. 2005)
2004
- In honor of the sergeant (Dec. 2004)
- Custer's allure enhanced by a visit to his frontier home (Nov. 2004)
- One man's obsession in Lucas, KS (Oct. 2004)
- Following the Lewis & Clark trail north (Sept. 2004)
- Cruising with collectors in Belton (Aug. 2004)
- Tiny Town, Colorado: Survival story in miniature (July 2004)
- 1896 Sedalia depot recalls rail history (June 2004)
- Interpreters bring Lewis & Clark history to life (May 2004)
- Driving to California — in 1935 (April 2004)
- “Wild Thing” carousel lives up to its name (March 2004)
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Discover Mid-America founder and Senior Contributing Editor Ken Weyand files regular reports on notable Midwest destinations. He can be reached at kweyand1@kc.rr.com.