Check out some great Midwest-related stories I found online this past month:
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: Baseball history gem-I loved this look at a very cool museum in Kansas City, Missouri from Lisa and Tim at the Walking Tourists blog. I've heard a bit about the NLB Detroit Stars, and I wrote an article about Moses Fleetwood Walker, the first African American to play Major League baseball (in Toledo, Ohio) a few years ago. I also recently read a book about an integrated baseball team originating in North Dakota during the 1930s (the excellent Color Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color Line by Tom Dunkel). So, this museum is definitely on my Midwest bucket list.
A Visit with Harry Truman: The Truman Library and Home Site in Independence, MO-Shanna stops (along with the buck!) at another Kansas City must-see, President Truman's presidential library and boyhood home. Check it out at A Midwest Travel Companion blog.
5 Things you just can't miss in St. Louis-Check out St. Louis with Sarah as she give us this list of essential stops in her hometown on her self-titled page. The city's art museum sounds like another place I should put on my Midwest bucket list!
The Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD-We saw Mitchell's Corn Palace in 2007, a year after a severe drought that caused them to curtail their yearly update, and we got a glimpse of several panels in progress. I really enjoyed seeing this post from Visual Lingual that shows a more complete and nicely lit-up facade from this year than the version we saw.
Nebraska: A Pivotal Route 6 State Often Overlooked By the Rest of the Country Is In National News Big Time-Malerie takes a look at the effect that a recent movie featuring Nebraska and actor Bruce Dern, in an "Oscar-worthy performance", is having on the state's image as somewhere worth visiting. Check it out on Malerie's Stay on Route 6, dedicated to promoting her guidebook of the same name. I've got the book and taking at least a good portion of this 3,652-mile road trip is another Midwest bucket list item for me!
Hiking Starved Rock State Park in the Winter-I've read about this park in Illinois many times. Pictures I've seen of its vintage-1930s lodge built by the Civilian Conservation Corps definitely helped this place earn a place on my Midwest bucket list long ago. Connie's story at her Midwest Wanderer blog about hiking the park during the winter shows the park in an especially beautiful light.
Chicago's Columbian Exposition Comes to Life at the Field Museum-Regular readers of Midwest Guest know that architecture is a frequent theme of posts here, so it should come as no surprise that I'd love to see this exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum. The 1893 World Fair in Chicago featured the work of famed architects like Daniel Burnham and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (who created New York's Central Park and had a major hand in designing and improving Detroit's park on Belle Isle). The Chicago fair also provided the setting for author Erik Larson's thrilling The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. Check out Bill's report on the museum's exhibition at the Chicago Architecture blog. The exhibit runs through September 7 of this year.
20 Reasons Why Cleveland Does, in Fact, Rock-This list from Keph on The Viator Travel Blog includes several of my favorite Cleveland sites like the Cleveland Museum of Art, Terminal Tower, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum and the city's famed West Side Market, as well as other places I'd like to go like the International Women's Air and Space Museum, Millionaire's Row and the Great Lakes Brewing Company.
City Market-I'm a big fan of city markets featuring the best in local produce and culinary treats, so this feature by Whitney on the Indiana Insider blog about the market in an historic city market building in downtown Indianapolis caught my eye. It's yet another entry on my Midwest bucket list!
That's it for this month's Midwest travel links list. Do you have any favorite Midwest stories or blogs to share?
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