Outdoors

The farm steward of Prairie Birthday Farm at Kearney wants you to get your hands dirty.

Clear, cool water flows at these six springs.

Superior Garden Center and Rost Landscaping prepare for the fall digging and planting season.

Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Famer captures the wild horses of the Ozarks.

The Lake St. Louis Water Ski Club chases the thrill.

There’s plenty to see at the gardens in Southwest Missouri.

The Big Piney is the perfect place to float with multiple camping spots along the way.

Six Missourians share their experiences in a Columbia public park.

Explore these 19 conservation areas across the state.

The Bootheel is influenced more by Memphis than by St. Louis, and the area definitely is a member in good standing of the Old South. Stuck like a hatchet in the forehead of Arkansas, the Bootheel and its people, for the most part, feel alienated from the rest of Missouri.