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James Baughn was the webmaster of seMissourian.com and its sister newspapers for 20 years. On the side, he maintained even more sites, including Bridgehunter.com, LandmarkHunter.com, TheCapeRock.com, and Humorix. Baughn passed away in 2020 while doing one of the things he loved most: hiking in Southeast Missouri. Here is an archive of his writing about hiking and nature in our area.
Archives
- The Pavement Ends guide to the Ozark Riverways (8/19/20)
- Maintz sunflowers back for 2020 (7/27/20)
- Massive sinkhole opens in Reynolds County along the Trail of Tears (6/3/20)1
- Hike from 0 to 12 miles on the Audubon Trail (5/14/20)
- Scenes from Pinecrest Azalea Garden (4/19/20)
- Ideas for getting away from it all (3/27/20)1
- Jean Dale: Cape Girardeau baseball sensation (with an asterisk) (2/10/20)
- Hike a modern-day version of a plank road (12/19/19)
- Scenes from the 2019 Christmas Country Church Tour (12/14/19)
- How to get your own Griswold Family Christmas Tree (12/11/19)1
- Joseph McFerron: court clerk, duel winner... and poet? (7/3/19)
- See the bonus coneflowers at Royal Gorge (6/17/19)
- Dixon Springs putting on a show of Indian pink wildflowers (6/12/19)
- Wet weather is the best time to visit Ferne Clyffe State Park (4/25/19)
- Spring photography ideas in Cape Girardeau County (3/29/19)4
- Fallen tree branch damages headstones at Old Lorimier Cemetery (3/21/19)
- Bald eagles putting on a show near Big Muddy River in Illinois (3/18/19)
- Suggested places to see the ice (1/29/19)
- Suggested places to visit in the snow (1/17/19)
- "Blown into atoms": An account of the tornado of 1850 (11/26/18)1
- Bunkers and bald eagles: a visit to Crab Orchard Refuge (10/26/18)
- Fall Foliage Finder Feature 2018 (10/4/18)2
- It's time again for fall event overload (9/27/18)
- Mermet Lake: Find your inner Monet (8/3/18)
- Editorial cartoons haven't changed much over the years (7/30/18)1
- Jackson: Home to the first impeached official in Missouri history (6/14/18)1
- Guide to avoiding hazards at local parks (5/31/18)
- Tour of the H&H Building project (5/10/18)
- What timing: Today is the 85th anniversary of the debut of the Clydesdales (4/7/18)
- At least the waterfalls are flowing (4/5/18)
- Ten visits to Tower Rock (1/12/18)
- The Frankenmuth connection (12/12/17)2
- Guide to this year's Christmas church tours (12/8/17)
- Graves with a view: Tour of the area's scenic cemeteries (11/2/17)
- Blog without words: Four seasons at Old Lorimier Cemetery (10/30/17)
- A visit to the Mississippi River headwaters (or close enough) (10/24/17)2
- Happy Missouri Day! (10/18/17)
- We need an offramp from the Mississippi River (10/3/17)2
- Quick roundup of early fall events (9/18/17)
- Streetcar not desired: The rise and fall of the Cape Girardeau trolley system (8/7/17)1
- Lorimier's pagoda turns 100 years old, but Lorimier's elm tree is no more (8/5/17)
- Have you picked out your spot for the solar eclipse? (7/17/17)
- Visiting Ball Mill Resurgence during a flash flood (5/25/17)2
- Don Robinson State Park: Missouri's newest state park that is open (3/22/17)1
- The shut-ins hidden in plain sight (2/20/17)2
- Jay Nixon State Park (Part 2): Missouri's most inaccessible state park (2/10/17)3
- Jay Nixon State Park: Missouri's most controversial park (2/7/17)4
- Five nearby places to look for bald eagles (1/16/17)3
- Blog without words: Random scenes of the 2016 Christmas Country Church Tour (12/17/16)
- The surprise on Westview Road (12/5/16)1
- Welcome to the Fall Duller Tour (11/17/16)1
- Blog without words: Union Pacific No. 844 steam locomotive makes brief stop in Scott City (10/19/16)
- Union Pacific steam locomotive passing through on Wednesday (10/16/16)1
- Possibly coming soon to Cape Girardeau: The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (9/7/16)5
- The Capahas in 1916: When the ceremonial first pitch actually counted (8/17/16)2
- The mystery of sunflowers (7/20/16)5
- What's up with the extra "e" in Sainte Genevieve? (6/3/16)2
- Where the pavement has ended for over 90 years (4/15/16)1
- The daffodils are here (3/13/16)
- What's it like to have Garden of the Gods to yourself? (1/24/16)
- Cape's floodwall -- as envisioned in 1954 (1/21/16)
- The four seasons at Rock Springs (1/1/16)
- Country Church Tour is turning into a Midwest tourist draw (12/19/15)
- Scenes from the Southern Country Church Tour (12/14/15)2
- The Aquamsi mystery (12/8/15)1
- Return visit to the Panther Den (10/30/15)1
- Welcome to Fall: The Pavement Ends Roundup of History and Hiking Events (9/24/15)1
- The Thomas Posey mystery (9/1/15)1
- The story behind Themis Street (8/24/15)5
- First look at the Cape riverwalk extension (8/12/15)1
- National Geographic building tourism website for the Mississippi River (7/29/15)
- Missouri's Places in Peril list announced (7/25/15)2
- The horrifying event of July 14, 1876 (7/14/15)2
- Lesser known roads of the Shawnee Forest (5/14/15)3
- Blog without words: Spring at Maintz Conservation Area in Cape Girardeau County (4/26/15)
- Rainbows without rain (4/23/15)1
- The Daffodil Road (3/29/15)3
- Blog without words: Four seasons at Pomona Natural Bridge (3/5/15)
- River-to-River Trail Society spring hiking schedule (2/25/15)
- Mardi Gras in New Orleans: Not what you probably expect (2/23/15)
- Welcome to Frog City, Illinois (2/5/15)4
- Sneak peek at the Cape Girardeau County History Center (2/1/15)
- A tale of two courthouse squares (1/20/15)2
- A short history of Jackson's traffic problems (1/13/15)3
- One advantage of winter hiking: ice formations (1/5/15)2
- Selected scenes from the 2014 Christmas Country Church Tour (12/19/14)
- Follow the Christmas ornaments (12/9/14)1
- The two Byrd houses (11/12/14)5
- Halloween at Old Lorimier Cemetery (10/31/14)1
- Why Andrew Jackson? (10/13/14)3
- Boy, was I wrong! (10/5/14)2
- Pilot Knob commemorates 150th anniversary of Civil War battle (9/28/14)1
- Fall hiking schedule released by River-to-River Trail Society (9/11/14)
- Cape Girardeau selected for unique historic preservation project (8/26/14)
- Tour the railroad depots of Southern Illinois (8/13/14)4
- Log house on Fountain Street: It's do or die time (7/20/14)2
- Where did Shinbone Alley come from? (6/24/14)4
- Summer is the best time to visit Cave Creek Glade (6/11/14)1
- Cape Girardeau's log house named to statewide most endangered list (5/20/14)1
- Explore Royal Gorge from a different angle (5/12/14)1
- A look inside the Frizel-Welling House (4/30/14)1
- When mines collapse (4/22/14)3
- Road to Millstone Lake repaired (4/8/14)
- McClure deploys cutting-edge radar technology (4/1/14)
- Splatterstone Falls: Another gem at Jackson Hollow (3/24/14)1
- Jackson Hollow is worth multiple visits (3/16/14)
- Jackson Hollow: The crown jewel of Southern Illinois canyons (3/11/14)2
- It's peak season for armadillos (3/5/14)3
- Blog without words: Something to bookmark and enjoy this summer when the temperature is 101F (2/17/14)1
- The winter wonderland at Cedar Lake (2/16/14)
- Hike the new trail at Shepherd Mountain (2/10/14)3
- Badlands of Southern Illinois just got badder (1/14/14)
- Devil's Island causeway partially repaired (1/10/14)
- 2014: The year in preview (12/30/13)2
- Emerson Bridge: One decade later (12/13/13)5
- "The world's done gone plum bugs" (12/5/13)1
- Another visit to Thebes (12/2/13)
- Red House celebrates 10 year anniversary (11/25/13)2
- The goosebone weather prophet (11/19/13)
- South of the Snake Road (11/12/13)
- Blog without words: Fairly photogenic fall foliage finds (11/1/13)3
- Blog without words: Ben Affleck greets the crowd after the final cut (10/22/13)3
- The bad news about "Gone Girl" (10/21/13)16
- River-to-River Trail Society announces fall hiking schedule (10/18/13)
- First, the good news about "Gone Girl" (10/17/13)4
- Fall colors without leaving Cape (10/7/13)
- Where to see fall colors within 25 miles of Cape (9/30/13)1
- A most curious editorial from 1954 (9/24/13)1
- The secret entrance to Secret Canyon (9/5/13)
- University quietly wipes out another piece of Cape's history (9/3/13)11
- Black Mountain: Missouri's tallest challenge (8/4/13)6
- Putting an end to "municipal chaos" (7/31/13)2
- Big magnet visits Cape Girardeau (7/17/13)4
- Missouri's first obstacle-course bike lanes (7/16/13)
- It's sunflower time again (7/14/13)
- City park to double in size (7/12/13)8
- More than you ever wanted to know about the Missouri legislature's interest in Fruitland (7/11/13)4
- Wet weather is a definite plus at Black Mountain Falls (7/7/13)4
- Work continues Saturday at the Fountain Street log house (7/5/13)
- Blog without words: Jackson fireworks display (7/4/13)
- Blog without words: Random scenes from race day (6/25/13)1
- The 117-acre hot potato (6/16/13)3
- "One of the attractive affluences of a modern city" (5/29/13)1
- Rockview should take advantage of the situation (5/27/13)2
- Frizel-Welling House named to Most Endangered List (5/21/13)
- Missouri's Most Endangered Historic Places list to be announced Tuesday in Bloomfield (5/19/13)3
- Cape Girardeau's first modern bank (5/14/13)1
- Blog with few words: "Gaslight sing" at Apple Creek Presbyterian Church (4/28/13)2
- The waterfall at Giant City (4/27/13)
- Little Grand Canyon is just fine (4/18/13)1
- The flag that almost was (4/16/13)1
- Seventy-Six: A good choice for wildflowers (4/15/13)
- Blog without words: Sudden spring city scenes (4/9/13)
- Blog without words: Operation to lift the submerged barge at the Cape riverfront (4/2/13)1
- The Missouri flag was a team effort (3/27/13)1
- The surprise at 818 North Fountain (3/21/13)5
- Handball Court being demolished right now (3/12/13)7
- Not just Wappapello: Another lake with flood damage from 2011 (3/10/13)1
- Jackson's historic Frizel-Welling House is in jeopardy (3/3/13)4
- The New Bridge to Nowhere (2/19/13)4
- River-to-River Trail Society announces Spring 2013 hiking schedule (2/18/13)
- Embrace your inner botanist at Filmy Fern Cave (2/13/13)
- Strange luck at Kaskaskia's Eagle Trek (2/6/13)
- Snowstorm brings out the best on the Snake Road (1/21/13)5
- Blog without words: Four seasons at LaRue/Pine Hills (1/12/13)
- Cape Girardeau might have the nation's oldest handball court (1/1/13)8
- The Man Who Built Cape Girardeau (12/28/12)8
- Christmas Country Church Tour 2012 (12/22/12)4
- Another historic landmark is about to get crushed, courtesy of the university (12/18/12)9
- Update from Thebes (12/18/12)
- Phrase of the day: "Rock pinnacles" (12/15/12)3
- Natural arch exposed by low water at Grand Tower (12/10/12)
- Four canyons, one trail (11/20/12)
- Three words: The Fish Trap (11/5/12)1
- Don't adjust your monitor: This really is Missouri (10/30/12)7
- Blog without words: Favorite fall foliage finds (10/19/12)4
- We can scratch Devil's Island off the list (10/10/12)3
- Thebes, Illinois: A town "easily rememberable" (10/1/12)1
- An overlooked bicentennial (9/27/12)4
- Blog with few words: Sandbar at Red Star (8/29/12)2
- Tower Rock: The silver lining to our drought (8/23/12)3
- Blog With Few Words: Cape loses another historic building (8/14/12)1
- Blog With Few Words: Low water at Old Appleton (8/12/12)
- What do Cave-in-Rock and Chicago have in common? (7/30/12)3
- The Great Diversion Channel Bridge War (Part 3) (7/25/12)2
- The Great Diversion Channel Bridge War (Part 2) (7/19/12)
- The Great Diversion Channel Bridge War (Part 1) (7/17/12)1
- The case of the vanishing bovine (7/5/12)
- Shoving a nut up Broadway with a crowbar (7/2/12)3
- The Illinois version of the Old Man of the Mountain (6/27/12)
- Solemn, beautiful, sublime, and patriotic (6/20/12)
- Louis Louis! Celebrating the centennial of the centennial of Lorimier's death (6/11/12)2
- What would it take to build a rail-trail? (5/29/12)2
- A somewhat brief history of Jackson railroads (5/17/12)2
- Mudlick Hollow much more interesting than Mudlick Mountain (5/7/12)2
- One Horse Gap is more than the name suggests (4/30/12)1
- Follow the not-so-yellow brick road (4/9/12)1
- Crawl into a canyon (4/3/12)1
- Blog without words: Union Pacific 844 crosses the Mississippi River at Thebes (3/28/12)1
- Blog without words: Early spring scenes around Cape Girardeau (3/14/12)
- River to River Trail Society announces spring hiking schedule (3/9/12)
- The Bulge Hole: Every bit as peculiar as the name (3/7/12)4
- Blog without words: Low water at Cape Rock (3/6/12)1
- Blog without words: Exploring the Cape riverfront during low water (2/28/12)3
- Did Charles Dickens visit Cape Girardeau? (2/18/12)3
- Spelling hasn't been a Missouri strong suit (2/14/12)3
- Some good news about a bridge for a change (2/11/12)1
- Ship 1, Bridge 0 (1/30/12)
- A not-so-brief history of Fruitland (1/25/12)4
- Another oddity in the Shawnee National Forest (1/23/12)3
- Update: Causeway to Devil's Island has partially collapsed (1/8/12)4
- Look what I found at 37.41757, -89.34629 (1/4/12)1
- Visit another ancient concrete highway (12/28/11)
- More from the Christmas Country Church Tour (12/18/11)
- Blog with some words: Christmas Country Church Tour 2011 (12/15/11)1
- Bonus sights at Garden of the Gods (11/29/11)
- What's left of the oldest concrete highway in Missouri (11/25/11)2
- Blog without words: Veterans Day flag display at Cape County Park North (11/11/11)2
- See the snake-less Snake Road (11/7/11)1
- The Cardinals won the World Series? That's just crazy talk! (10/31/11)4
- Quick, steal this idea! (10/20/11)3
- Fall Foliage Finder Feature 2011 (10/10/11)1
- Where can you find sand dunes and cactus in Missouri? (10/5/11)4
- Blog without words: First hint of fall colors at Cape LaCroix Bluffs Conservation Area (9/26/11)1
- Tall trees, short trail (9/13/11)1
- Take a drive on a gravel superhighway (8/30/11)1
- Take a journey to The Promised Land (8/24/11)1
- St. Louis versus Chicago (Part 5) (8/10/11)
- St. Louis versus Chicago (Part 4) (8/5/11)3
- See the aftermath of a wildfire (8/2/11)1
- St. Louis versus Chicago (Part 3) (8/1/11)
- St. Louis versus Chicago (Part 2) (7/27/11)2
- Blog without words: Another crop of sunflowers at Maintz Wildlife Preserve (7/22/11)1
- St. Louis versus Chicago (Part 1) (7/20/11)1
- Conquer Missouri's third-highest peak (7/8/11)2
- The bridges of St. Louis (7/6/11)3
- More than you wanted to know about Bird's Point (Part 6) (7/1/11)
- Visit the newest tourist attraction in Southeast Missouri (6/17/11)3
- Guided tour of the New Madrid Floodway, after the flood (6/15/11)4
- The death trap at Old Appleton will soon be demolished (6/9/11)5
- Chasing the steam train (Part 3) (6/8/11)1
- Chasing the steam train (Part 2) (6/7/11)2
- Chasing the steam train (Part 1) (6/6/11)5
- Field guide to the Union Pacific steam train (6/3/11)2
- More than you wanted to know about Bird's Point (Part 5) (6/1/11)2
- Let the de-beautification begin on Bloomfield Road (5/31/11)13
- More than you wanted to know about Bird's Point (Part 4) (5/20/11)4
- More than you wanted to know about Bird's Point (Part 3) (5/16/11)
- Guided tour of the New Madrid Floodway, before the flood (5/11/11)1
- Be careful what you wish for (5/9/11)4
- More than you wanted to know about Bird's Point (Part 2) (5/5/11)4
- More than you wanted to know about Bird's Point (5/2/11)12
- Blog without words: Springtime at Apple Creek Conservation Area (4/22/11)2
- A visit to Bork's Waterfall requires a bit of planning (4/19/11)2
- Blog without words: Castor River Shut-ins (4/6/11)7
- Go hiking at Murtaugh Park (4/1/11)1
- Don't forget to visit Cedar Bluff at Ferne Clyffe State Park (3/25/11)1
- Waterfall Trail lives up to its billing (3/18/11)3
- Update on Devil's Island (3/11/11)11
- The bluff that never ends (3/3/11)1
- Lithium loses its claim to fame (but gains another) (2/24/11)1
- Where the pavement really, really ends (2/21/11)
- Blog without words: The big thaw begins at Piney Creek Ravine near Chester, Illinois (2/17/11)
- The surprise at McClure (2/14/11)6
- Come for the view, stay for the natural arches (2/4/11)2
- Welcome to Armadillo Acres, again (1/21/11)3
- Testing the Thebes Bridge (1/17/11)7
- Why does Cape County have two courthouses? (1/14/11)4
- Thousands and thousands of geese (and a bald eagle) (1/10/11)4
- "How long have you been following it?" (1/6/11)3
- Cold, blustery winter weather? Not a problem! (12/30/10)2
- Blog without words: Icicles at Cove Hollow Trail near Pomona, Illinois (12/23/10)3
- Woo-hoo, this website is turning 14 years old! (12/17/10)2
- Blog without words: Juden Creek Conservation Area (12/10/10)2
- Visit a National Forest hiking trail only a short distance from Cape (12/7/10)
- The point of no return (12/2/10)2
- Mantle Rock: Easy hike, difficult drive (11/24/10)2
- Blog without words: Cape Rock Park (11/12/10)5
- The Southeast Missouri version of Hoover Dam (11/10/10)2
- Visit the Max Creek "Vortex" (10/28/10)1
- The oldest state park in Illinois (10/20/10)3
- Fun-filled Fall Foliage Finder Feature 2010 (10/18/10)5
- Good news and bad news for Ferne Clyffe State Park (10/14/10)1
- Visit Bald Knob Cross -- the hard way (10/7/10)4
- Cheapskate weekend (10/1/10)2
- Recap of the reenactment (9/29/10)
- All about Academic Hall (9/24/10)4
- Another version of the Mina Sauk legend (9/20/10)
- Visit Missouri's tallest waterfall (9/17/10)3
- Round-up of upcoming events (9/16/10)
- The Missouri version of Romeo and Juliet (9/15/10)3
- First, park your car at the goat herder's cabin (9/14/10)2
- Two lakes for the price of one (9/10/10)
- Easy hike, difficult staircase (9/8/10)1
- Belmont, Missouri: Where the pavement really ends (8/16/10)2
- Missouri versus Kentucky: The 1870 smackdown (8/10/10)5
- Where the river drives a thousand mapmakers crazy (7/30/10)1
- Common Pleas Courthouse was almost demolished 70 years ago (7/13/10)2
- Sunflowers in bloom again (7/8/10)
- It's a sinkhole AND a spring, plus a rock tumbler at no extra charge (7/6/10)2
- Missouri springs: Cool places that don't involve hiking (6/22/10)4
- "There's no telling" (6/16/10)3
- We should bring back the "City of Roses" (6/9/10)3
- Giant City safe for summer hiking (6/7/10)2
- Helpful summer travel tips (6/4/10)2
- Learn history through street signs (5/24/10)2
- Good news and bad news for Missouri state parks (5/20/10)
- Lose weight as you dodge raindrops and thunderbolts (5/17/10)1
- Turn off the beaten path at Hamburg Hill (5/10/10)3
- Don't get lost at Panther Den Wilderness (4/23/10)4
- Introducing the Pavement Ends Trip Planner Thingamajig (4/15/10)5
- Hike along Cedar Lake (4/12/10)2
- Gold discovered in Wayne County! (4/1/10)2
- Bald Knob Cross looks different this Easter (3/29/10)3
- Attention, Kelso: You're not going to like this (3/26/10)5
- Cape Girardeau's most obscure historic landmark (3/24/10)7
- Hike to a man-made canyon (3/18/10)1
- Visit the "other" Iron Mountain (3/16/10)
- Seventy-Six, Missouri: Even number, odd name (3/2/10)5
- "Deep, soft, fathomless mud" (3/1/10)5
- Murder, suicide, or none of the above? (2/25/10)2
- Welcome to Armadillo Acres (2/22/10)8
- Lies, damned lies, and speed limit signs (2/19/10)5
- Drive on the oldest road in Missouri (2/15/10)7
- More accounts of the Bloomfield Road (2/3/10)12
- Roadtrip on the Bloomfield Road, 2010 edition (1/21/10)11
- A 1920 roadtrip on the Bloomfield Road (1/18/10)7
- Cape Riverwalk: Fitness club with no membership dues (1/12/10)6
- Solution to the Bloomfield Road dilemma (12/28/09)6
- Ugly season? Hardly! (12/22/09)2
- Visit the smallest "village" in the U.S. (12/7/09)5
- Devil's Elbow is another oddball Missouri name (11/19/09)1
- Stuff to see on 66 (11/11/09)
- All the fall foliage you can photograph (10/23/09)1
- Take the Dead Governors' Tour (Part 2) (10/22/09)1
- Take the Dead Governors' Tour (10/20/09)6
- What does Cape Girardeau have in common with a small town in Ohio? (10/15/09)3
- Everything you wanted to know about New Bourbon, Missouri (9/30/09)4
- Old Appleton Bridge listed on the National Register (9/3/09)2
- Tour of the Tour of Missouri bike route (8/31/09)5
- Sunflowers in bloom at Maintz Wildlife Preserve (8/3/09)2
- Bad Engineering -- Next 1 Million Miles (7/31/09)4
- Mammoth Spring: Only 500 feet from Missouri (7/28/09)4
- Unexpected bonus in Ohio (7/20/09)1
- Rocky Falls: It's a rocky falls, what more can I say? (7/6/09)2
- Google isn't perfect: Mount Tabor and other oddities (7/2/09)6
- Johnson's Shut-ins: Same shut-ins, much different park (6/23/09)4
- Pssst... Wanna buy a bridge? (6/11/09)6
- Johnson's Shut-Ins reopens this weekend (6/5/09)
- Historic markers at every corner (5/27/09)2
- Answers to the Impossible Quiz (5/20/09)1
- The Impossible Quiz (5/15/09)
- Sand Cave offers plenty to explore (4/29/09)
- Bonus places to visit this weekend (4/23/09)4
- Drive on the oldest concrete highway in Missouri (4/16/09)8
- Visit Missouri's largest sandstone canyons (4/9/09)
- Holy cow! Road signs spotted in Pope County, Illinois (4/6/09)1
- I've got your Economic Stimulus Plan right here (3/18/09)
- Pomona Natural Bridge is a must-see Illinois landmark (3/13/09)2
- Cave Creek Valley offers rocks, swamps and history (3/12/09)1
- The Bridges of Bollinger County (2/6/09)7
- The "other" inauguration: The best laid plans... (1/13/09)1
- The "other" inauguration: reporting live from Jeff City (1/12/09)
- The Emerson Bridge: Five years later (12/11/08)2
- The ultimate state park (12/3/08)
- The quiz is over, put your pencils down (11/19/08)
- Welcome to Deer Season (11/14/08)
- Beware of unexpected trail junctions (11/7/08)1
- Invasion of the (Out-of-State) Body Snatchers (10/31/08)1
- Lon Sanders Canyon has rocks, water and foliage (10/22/08)1
- Tuesday odds and ends (10/14/08)
- Magnolia Hollow: A nice diversion on the way to St. Louis (10/10/08)4
- Visit the Illinois version of the Grand Canyon (10/8/08)5
- Walk on rocks that are 1.4 billion years old (10/2/08)2
- One man's rust is another man's state historic site (9/23/08)1
- Afraid of heights? Don't read this (9/18/08)6
- The Bridges of Madison County... Missouri (9/3/08)2
- Is it Whitewater River or Whitewater Creek? (8/27/08)2
- Greer Spring holds second place, but is still impressive (8/22/08)2
- Visit a swamp in the mountains (8/15/08)1
- Falling Spring: The name says it all (8/12/08)5
- Brief guide to rails-to-trails projects in Missouri and Illinois (8/1/08)4
- Replacing rails with trails (7/29/08)6
- Disaster averted at one of Missouri's covered bridges (7/28/08)1
- Cape Girardeau isn't the only "cape" around here (7/25/08)1
- Answers to the quiz (7/23/08)3
- Cape Girardeau's government will turn 200 years old this Wednesday (7/21/08)4
- Daniel Boone burial plaque stolen (Update: Suspect caught) (7/7/08)2
- Shawnee National Forest wants to start charging user fees (6/30/08)2
- View the river from a safe distance (6/20/08)
- A secret place in Wayne County (6/11/08)2
- Behold the power of Google (6/4/08)
- Ten more state parks I'd like to see created (5/29/08)3
- The Artesian Wells of Bollinger County (5/23/08)3
- Top Ten state parks I'd like to see created (5/15/08)11
- Missouri has a new park: "Current River State Park" (5/13/08)1
- A slice of Colorado in Missouri (5/12/08)3
- Not Your Town: Original site of New Madrid (4/23/08)5
- Not Your Town: Point Rest, Missouri (4/14/08)2
- You won't find any flooding here (4/7/08)4
- Not Your Town: Gads Hill, Missouri (4/1/08)3
- Take a dam tour (3/28/08)2
- Castor River Shut-ins more spectacular in off-season (3/26/08)4
- Visit Missouri's deepest natural pond (2/29/08)4
- Piney Creek Ravine has prehistoric rock art (and modern graffiti) (11/6/07)
- Trail of Tears an easy choice for fall foliage (10/26/07)
- LaRue-Pine Hills features bluffs, swamps -- and snakes (9/28/07)3
- Visit a lead mine in Missouri or crystal mines in Arkansas (9/26/07)
- Old Greenville Days this weekend (9/12/07)2
- Attention bargain hunters (8/30/07)
- Artificial scenery (8/28/07)4
- What a busy weekend (8/20/07)
- Schnurbusch Karst Window is a window... on karst (8/8/07)1
- The Armchair Guide to Bridge Inspections (8/3/07)3
- Castor River Shut-ins no longer a secret (7/26/07)7
- Watch your step (7/20/07)2
- More than you ever wanted to know about the old Cape bridge (7/17/07)4
- Wonder of the World? Almost. (7/9/07)4
- Drive across the historic metal bridges of Southeast Missouri (7/5/07)5
- Go exploring in Cape County (6/21/07)3
- Driving to St. Louis? Take the scenic route (6/8/07)3
- Visit a waterfall in Illinois (6/1/07)3
- Put the "Sport" back in Sport Utility Vehicle (5/30/07)3
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