Category Archives: Museums

Birthplace of Kermit the Frog

Posted on April 29, 2026 by Roger

I found out about this place in Leland, Mississippi when I was looking for potential stops on our trip. It sounded like a goofy, fun museum, and we decided to stop. It turned out be be an adventure of a … Continue reading →

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USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park

Posted on April 25, 2026 by Roger

We took a short (six-day) vacation to the Gulf Coast. On Friday, we drove down to Vicksburg, stopping in McGehee, Arkansas for a BBQ lunch at Hoots and along the shore of Grand Lake to see White-winged Doves. We drove … Continue reading →

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Hannibal

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Roger

There wasn’t a lot in Hannibal we wanted to see — Mark Twain’s boyhood home, of course, but it is one of the few touristy towns in the Midwest I’ve never been to, and it was on our way to … Continue reading →

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Branson to Hannibal

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Roger

We left the rental condo at 8:30 and drove northeast through Missouri, eating lunch at Culver’s in Jefferson City. In the afternoon we stopped at Westminster College in Fulton to see America’s National Churchill Museum. In March, 1946, the college … Continue reading →

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Branson Day 4

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Roger

All we’d planned for this day was one show, so we hung around the condo for a while. I got restless, of course, so mid-afternoon we went to a local bakery called Simply Baked for savory pies. We drove into … Continue reading →

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