Day Trips

What would you say if I told you there's a relatively easy day trip you can make from Missouri to a destination where you can explore an underground mine in a crystal-clear kayak? It's not that far away and it's in an area with other neato things to do, too.

If you're up for a true adventure, you can do something in Missouri that few people in the world can do. You can take a day trip from the Show Me State to the absolutely most guarded location anywhere.

I realize that destinations are a very subjective thing. But, I have found what I believe is the best day trip you can possibly take from Missouri and I'll try to prove it with science.

If you live in the St. Louis area and you haven't made a day trip to Hannibal, Missouri yet...What are you waiting for?!? Travel experts name Hannibal as one of the Best Day Trips to take from St. Louis, here is what they had to say about the home of Mark Twain...

I love gravy and I love rollercoasters. If you do too, boy do I have a wonderous destination idea for 2024. It's a 'gravy coaster' that will be an easy day trip from Missouri by next Spring.

It's wildly underrated, but that might not be the case for much longer. I believe I can prove with science that one of America's best nature parks is hidden deep in Missouri.

We live in an area of virtually endless discovery. I've lived in Missouri and Illinois a majority of my life and never knew about this old mill and waterfalls in the Missouri Ozarks that appear worthy of a road trip someday.

No offense intended, Chicago, but I didn't think you were capable of having something so pretty like this so close to you. It's Matthiessen State Park in Illinois and it really does seem like it's a hidden gem.

With all the kids in my family, I'm always up for a good road trip idea that includes something entertaining for them. I think I found a unique option in a huge splash pad that is now a part of Missouri's Burrus Old Mill Park.

There are plenty of places throughout the United States to visit, but sometimes just a day trip will satisfy one’s eagerness to just “get-away” even for just a few hours and not be that far from home.