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Following a 13-election streak of picking the candidate who won the U.S. election, Missouri voted for the losing side. Third-party candidates are partially to blame.

The best wine in the United States was once produced in Missouri wine country. Hermann, Missouri was considered the heart of the country's quality wine production.

Thousands of Missourians of Southern heritage joined the Missouri State Guard in 1861 to fight against Union forces.

Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center in Joplin, Missouri invites the whole family to enjoy nature with accessible trails and programming.

Missouri Monster, abbreviated as Momo, has killed dogs and other animals, unlike the vegetarian Bigfoot. Cryptozoologists and UFOlogists investigated the creature.

A large area of rural Missouri has much higher poverty rates than the rest of the state. Are these rural communities and the people living in them being left to die?

At 225 miles, the Katy Trail is the longest rails-to-trails project in the United States and crosses the width of the Show Me State from St. Charles to the Kansas border.

The USS Missouri tour, located at Pearl Harbor's Battleship Row near Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, takes visitors to the start and end of World War II.

Jefferson City, Missouri, the state's capital city, was a steamboat landing along the Missouri River during the mid-1800s.

Take a tour of a winery in the show-me state. You might not want to leave.

America's Midwest competes with California, New York, and the Pacific Northwest.

Missouri proposes to enter the Union as a slave state, instigating the Missouri Compromise. Maine enters the Union as a free state.

The Big 12 Conference is ready to crown its champion and once again Oklahoma has a considerable edge over the Missouri Tigers.

If you have ancestors from Missouri, there's a great free online resource you should know about: the Missouri Digital Heritage website.

A compromise between North and South concerning Missouri postponed sectional animosity and temporarily avoided civil war.

With four Missouri Valley Conference teams making the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and a 63-19 start this season, the MVC is fast becoming a major mid-major conference.

The Lake of the Ozarks area in the rolling hills of Central Missouri offers everything from golf courses to state parks, go carts, fishing, and pleasure cruises.

Blaine Gabbert and Danario Alexander put up career-best numbers as Missouri surged past Nevada 31-21 in a non-conference football game Friday night at Reno, Nev.

The James Gang along with their buddies in the Cole Younger gang were alleged to have robbed banks, trains and stagecoaches in six Midwestern states.

If you see nothing else in Branson, Missouri, you must see these examples of the culmination of the joy of collecting: the 57 Heaven Museum and Titanic Museum.

Branson Missouri is a entertainment mecca that transforms into a glittering display of holiday lights and magic during the Christmas season.

Churchill first spoke of the Iron Curtain in a small college gymnasium in Fulton, Missouri. A museum and a sculpture by Churchill's granddaughter commemorate the visit.

From mouth-watering barbeque to education about fine wines, the food and drink-focused festivals in Columbia, Mo. aim to satisfy everyone's tastes.

Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks has more shoreline than the state of California and activities all year long for people of all interests.

Grant's Farm is a popular family attraction in St. Louis with ties to President Grant and brewing giant Anheuser-Busch.

St. Joseph is famous for its ghosts, if only to the locals. Many former residents may very well be sticking around. Take a look at where they may be hanging out.

The popular tourist attraction of Hermann, MO, Missouri's Rhine Village, connects people to old world of Germany with wine country, shopping, bike trails, and fun events.

The Kansas City Renaissance Festival takes fantasy lovers back in time to the age of King Henry the Eighth for eight weekends from Labor Day to Columbus Day.

Ticket and show details for the Kansas City RV event, including available seminars and demonstrations, as well as where to stay in the area.

Mark Twain, who was the most celebrated American writer of his time, believed that "the secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven."

In the American Civil War one of the worst insurgent conflicts of modern history was fought between Confederate Partisan Rangers and Union Redlegs

(Part Two)the insurgent conflict fought between Confederate Partisan Rangers and Union Redlegs

The Missouri House of Representatives has approved an amendment that would allow pharmacies to refuse to stock or distribute emergency contraception.

From St. Louis to Branson and beyond, Missouri offers residents and visitors alike a world of outlet shopping.

The University of Missouri Tigers football did not take the normal road to being a powerhouse. These Tigers have broken an Omni-curse and Chase Daniel is the reason why.

The theme of the 2008 Missouri State Fair is "Go 4 It" The Show-Me State shows off the best of Missouri. including the people and agriculture.

Missouri has a bountiful amount of hidden vacation gems that are both fun and affordable.

The fourth annual Autism Intervention Conference will be held at the University of Missouri in Columbia from March 25-29, 2009.

Momo, Missouri's own bipedal hairy creature, has been roaming the state for over a century. Exactly what is this cryptid that lurks in the Missouri wilderness?

Some might claim the Missouri Tigers football team hasn't played anybody yet. They won't be able to say that for much longer.

The new Branson Airport in Branson Missouri, famous travel destination, is scheduled to open May 2009 to public and has two low cost airlines scheduled for flights.

The Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri has an array of state and local parks to offer visitors with an enthusiasm for the outdoors.

Powell Gardens, located about an hour outside of Kansas City in Kingsville, MO, hosts an attractive display of plants along 1.5 miles of paved trails.

Roaring River State Park, in southeastern Missouri's Ozark region, offers natural beauty, history, and trails for the outdoor enthusiast.

77 year old father and his four grown sons arrested in Missouri for 20 year old crimes.

Tours of the Missouri State Peniteniary in Jefferson City include the cell where Liston was confined and a mural painted by a fellow inmate after Liston won the title.

Arkansas' Darren McFadden establishes two Southeastern Conference marks, but the Heisman Trophy runner-up is overshadowed by a 281-yard, four-touchdown performance

The 1811 earthquake near New Madrid in the Territory of Missouri ripped open fissures in the earth and tilted the Mississippi River environs so that it flowed backwards.

This is one college you can write home about!

Although he lived here just four years, Walt Disney said the happiest memories of his life were of living on the farm near Marceline.