5 Fun (and Free!) Things to do in St. Louis

At the end of July/beginning of August, I headed to St. Louis to hang out with my sister for a long-needed four day weekend. She’s been in St. Louis for 6+ years, and I hadn’t made the trek out there (bad Steph!) except for a lunch last summer when I was driving a car from … Read more

Checking out the Best Museum in the US

As much as it pains me to admit this, I’ve been to art museums all over the world, and checking out the main art museum in a new city is usually one of the first things on my list. Alas, I lived in Lawrence, KS for four years in college and never made it to … Read more

5 Best Things to Do in Minneapolis, Minnesota

After spending a the first parts of my road trip exploring the sites in Niagara Falls and Milwaukee, I headed to Minneapolis. I put the city on my itinerary for a simple reason: two of my close friends from college both live there and rave about it. I had visited once before, in the summer of 2014, when … Read more

11 Truths about the Great American Roadtrip

A family road trip is one of the Six Kinds of Trips Everyone Should Experience, but whether it’s with family, old friends, or with a significant other, there are some universal truths about the Great American Roadtrip that every roadtripper knows. It is possible to find an episode of Law & Order (or one of … Read more