Stefene Russell
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The best parks in St. Louis
Are you looking to take a stroll or play with the kids, work up a sweat on a hike or while playing a sport, appreciate art or history, enjoy nature? There's a park for that, as highlighted in this expansive guide of more than 50 metro area parks. → Read More
A historic look back at Red Water Tower on Bissel Street
At one time, the city almost lost the tower, but today it remains a landmark in Hyde Park. → Read More
Here are 25 things you probably don’t know about Missouri, as it turns 200
The Show-Me State celebrates its bicentennial, after becoming the nation’s 24th state on August 10, 1821. → Read More
The best St. Louis parks for strolling
If you want to just get out and walk, read on. → Read More
G-CADD reopens its (naturally socially distanced) campus this weekend
Come see new work—and “a subterranean verdant oasis.” → Read More
A look back at Lafayette Elementary's 'hygiene boss'
Florence Walsh became Lafayette’s shower lady in the 1950s. → Read More
A look back at Cory Smith's road trip west from St. Louis in 1915
When he traveled to see the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco, he was answering the fair’s call to “See America First.” → Read More
St. Louis has a long history of dramatic animal escapes
A group of pigs, for instance, lounged on a city street in 1903. → Read More
A historic look back at a St. Louis community garden in 1967
As many city gardeners know, a plant freshly placed in the ground is the ultimate totem of optimism. → Read More
A historic look back at Plum Street in St. Louis
The neighborhood provided the backdrop to no shortage of memorable stories. → Read More
In 1888, the Mississippi River formed ice gorges, captured here in a photograph
An ice gorge is “a mass of ice blocks heaped upon one another and rivaling a church steeple in height.” → Read More
A look back at a Dexter fall festival parade in 1955
Today, the town still hosts the Stoddard County Fair in September. → Read More
Remembering The Comet roller coaster
In 1963, it all burned down. But before that, it was 85 feet of fun. → Read More
A look back at St. Louis' 1969 Fourth of July celebration
In 1969, the patriotic event drew hundreds of thousands, and Famous-Barr orchestrated a whole show in the air and on the water. → Read More
In 1969, St. Louis' Mississippi River Festival attracted festivalgoers of all ages
Bob Dylan and the St. Louis Symphony both played the first festival. → Read More
Chasing down bandits was all in a day's work for some early 20th century St. Louis dogs
Back then, dogs were a regular fixture in taverns, because they kept burglars at bay. → Read More
Did you know the concept of Ladies' Day baseball games originated in St. Louis?
St. Louis Browns president Robert Lee Hedges created Ladies’ Day in 1912, offering free entry with a male escort. → Read More
Susie's Kitchen Band was just one of many groups that transformed appliances into musical instruments
Between 1920 and 1940, newspapers published stories about kitchen bands all over the country. → Read More
In 1947, St. Louis hosted a "record-breaking" spectacle on ice
Joe Forshaw, one of the organizers of the St. Louis on Ice Outdoor Skate Show, told the paper that the show he'd organized was the first successful large-scale outdoor figure skating event involving full costumes. → Read More
Shortly after the 1929 stock market crash, a St. Louis school welcomes a visit from Santa
Looking at these kindergarteners’ faces in this photo from the Missouri Historical Society, you get the feeling that some of them appreciate even those uneven paper stars hanging from the ceiling. → Read More