Visit Southwest Missouri’s Hidden Gems
We searched every corner of Missouri for hidden gems and thanks to our Missouri Life Ambassadors, we found one in each county: 114 of them! Here we explore places in Southwest Missouri that are ideal for your next day trip.
The County That Almost Left
A haven for summer tourism, McDonald County boasts beautiful Ozark scenery.
August 17, 1897
Things were usually quiet in McDonald County until this day when they were thrown into a fever of excitement by the robbery of the McDonald County Bank.
April 6, 1961
McDonald County had been left off the state tourism map so they called their representatives home from Jefferson City, seceded from the state, and formed McDonald Territory.