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A remarkably rare stone tablet bearing the Ten Commandments is poised to fetch up to $2 million at a Sotheby’s auction in December. The 115-pound artifact, dating to the Late Roman-Byzantine period, ...

Arthur Frommer, founder of the eponymous travel guide company, died on Nov. 18. He was 95 years old. A graduate of New York University and Yale Law School, where he edited the Yale Law Journal, ...

When my family suggested we skip the summer weekend at the lake and enjoy Silver Dollar City during the Christmas season, I didn’t hesitate. This wasn’t just any theme park to me—it ...

All national parks will be offering free admission to anyone who wants to enter on Veterans Day Nov. 11. While some of the more than 400 national parks that are open daily are ...

Silver Dollar City has announced plans to invest $500 million over the next decade on new family adventures, including the development of 1,200 acres adjacent to the Ozark Mountain theme park. The ...

The Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., reached a major milestone in early September when Gabriel Salstein of Miami became the two-millionth guest. The Salstein family previously visited in 2020, but when ...

Few people have had more of an impact on American culture than Walt Disney. Nearly six decades after his death, the Disney name remains synonymous with family entertainment, from movies and television ...

The tourism industry in Israel is slowly rebounding as the war with Hamas seemingly winds down. According to statistics from the Ministry of Tourism, 206,700 tourists entered the country between January and ...

Perhaps my favorite place in Athens is Mars Hill, at the foot of the Acropolis (this is Anita and me standing on it). You no doubt know the story in Acts of ...

More than 42.3 million Americans are expected to travel 50 or more miles from home this weekend, a 7 percent increase from two years ago, according to AAA. “This is expected to ...

Missouri is home to not only Super Bowl and World Series champions, but also to championship trees. Since 1968 the Department of Conservation has maintained a list of state champion trees, which ...

Harvest Hosts, an RV-membership network offering 5,000 nontraditional camp sites across North America, supports small business and churches with a simple trade. In exchange for a safe, well-lit space to park an ...

The Missouri House last week voted to name Branson the Live Entertainment Capital of Missouri. The city has more than 100 live entertainment venues, according to Branson.com and sees almost 8 million ...

The Faith and Liberty Discovery Center in Philadelphia has closed its doors. It had opened three years ago at a cost of about $60 million to showcase the impact of faith on ...

You’ve reached the info page of Heartland to Holyland Tours. We have two tours planned in 2024. Both depart as groups from Kansas City but we welcome guests from anywhere and can ...

A beloved roadside diner is coming to central Missouri. Rosie’s Diner, which gained national fame as the setting for a series of paper towel commercials in the 1970s and later was moved ...

Planning to visit a National Park in 2024? Here are the six days that are free for the 110 sites that normally charge admission. The most popular parks, like Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, ...

Families looking to celebrate the holidays with a day trip or overnight stay have a number of options in the Show-Me State. These are among the towns that go all out for ...

A four-day weekend is a good time to get away and enjoy the start of the holiday season close to home. The website Tripping.com recommends these Missouri destinations for the Thanksgiving weekend. ...

When it comes to the holiday season, many families are making Silver Dollar City a part of their Christmas celebrations. My wife Anita and I traveled with family last weekend to experience ...

Local residents won’t have to travel far to enjoy a world-class experience next year. Lonely Planet, an international travel guide, rated it the 1oth-best city in the world to visit in 2024. ...

Area residents planning overseas travel this fall are advised to stay alert. The U.S. State Department has issued a worldwide travel advisory, urging Americans abroad to exercise increased caution because of heightened tensions ...

Casey Joyce, associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Bethany, Mo., is reaping a physical as well as spiritual harvest. “We knock on doors and have evangelism programs at church, but I ...

The Biblical Archaeology Society is updating information released in 2020. Scholars and archaeologists have known about the excavation site under the Sisters of Nazareth Convent in Nazareth since 1887. It wasn’t until ...

When Anita and I host tours to Israel, one of our favorite sites to take guests is the Pool of Siloam. Here is a location we can definitively say, “Jesus walked here.” ...