mark twain

I was pleasantly surprised to see my birth town of Hannibal named the most affordable summer vacation in all of Missouri by the internet experts. Let's find out why they believe that's the case.

There's a new movie available on all major streaming services which asks the question what if Mark Twain's character Tom Sawyer hid clues about his gold in Hannibal, Missouri.

There's a new place to stay in Hannibal and it's a building everyone who's driven downtown has seen. Now, you can see inside what is now a guest house named after Huck Finn's guardian.

A travel website created a list of the 15 BEST things to do while visiting Hannibal, Missouri. The list includes a bunch of great recommendations but, we disagree with their #1 choice for the BEST thing to do in Hannibal, check out the list for yourself here...

The machines are taking over. What was just a fictional premise in The Terminator movies is now reality. Don't believe me? Watch creepy artificial intelligence seem to bring Hannibal's favorite son Mark Twain back to life.

I did not know this, but then again I am not a genius and that's not breaking news. Did you know that Highway 36 in Missouri is really known as the "Genius Highway"? I do now and I'll share what I've learned.

It's common knowledge that Mark Twain's childhood later became a legend of literature. However, not many people know the real childhood friends of Samuel Clemens before he became Mark Twain. Thanks to the Library of Congress, you can.

For good reasons, Hannibal, Missouri loves to claim Mark Twain as their own. The truth is we share his legacy with many other parts of the country, too. One little known example is a tiny town in the California Sierra Mountains that's named after Samuel Clemens.

If you love all things Mark Twain, I have found a place in Hannibal you've gotta see. It's the most Mark Twain residence I've ever seen that even has a steamboat in the front yard.

Before I started hanging around with a group of folks who call themselves, "Twainiacs," (Cindy Lovell, Henry Sweets, Megan Rapp, Melissa Cummins, et al), my perception of Mark Twain was one of this acerbic, curmudgeonly, "pen dipped in hell" observer of the events of the day.