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The Lodges of the Meramec

Historic retreats still beckon today with food, fun, and floating By John Robinson   I settled in my lawn chair for the show. Silhouetted by a spectacular sunset over a picture-postcard valley, five musicians launched into vocal harmonies punctuated by fine fiddlin’ and pickin’. Their stage was a concrete poolside tarmac. The crowd sat in lawn chairs and on blankets in this natural amphitheater, a gentle slope softened by t…... Read more >

Hotel Frederick

Turn of the (21st) Century Elegance

By Jeremy Goldmeier

Since its construction in 1905, the Hotel Frederick in Boonville has been an ever-gracious host. From the wedding receptions and dinner parties that it hosted during its younger days to its later incarnation as a senior living community, the Frederick provided for its tenants. But during the past couple of years, the hotel’s hospitality has faced its stiffest test. Poking an…... Read more >

Square Beyond Compare

A STAY AT ST. LOUIS’S HISTORIC LAFAYETTE SQUARE OFFERS A VICTORIAN PARK SURROUNDED BY AMAZING ARCHITECTURE AND FINE DINING

By Ann Vernon

Lafayette Square at St. Louis was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The center point of the revitalized area is Lafayette Park, the oldest municipal park west of the Mississippi River. Lafayette Square offers one of the largest collections of Victorian homes in the coun…... Read more >

Romancing the Victorian Past

By Ann Vernon

It was love that brought Jim and Cathlynn (Cate) Dodson from California to Missouri.

“I was having job burnout in Los Angeles,” said Jim. “Cate was a freelance writer who could work anywhere. We were ready for a change, and we had always romanticized about having a B and B.” Cate searched on the internet for bed-and-breakfasts for sale in the Midwest. They found Romancing the Past in Fulton, a Victorian mansion that had…... Read more >