Missouri’s Show Caves

With more than 6,400 recorded caves, including twenty show caves that are open to the public for guided tours, travelers and spelunkers around the world know Missouri as The Cave State.


Climatron, Botanical Garden, Route 66

Rediscover Community on the Mother Road

Interstate 44 crosses Missouri from St. Louis to the Oklahoma state line, just west of Joplin, a length of 293 miles. For 235 of those miles, from St. Louis to Halltown, I-44 follows the route of what John Steinbeck called America’s “Mother Road”—the legendary Route 66.