At Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary we’ve enclosed a hillside with a custom-designed caging system to provide the healthiest and safest possible environment for our four-year-old girls Thor and Gracie, their parents Mohan and Raja, and one-year-old Alexis, our African lion. It’s a place for them to do what comes naturally — to stretch their muscles and stimulate their senses. To Read more...
Settled by French-Canadian habitants in the late 1740s, the village of Ste. Genevieve has been inviting visitors to enjoy the charm of its narrow streets, shops, museums and historic homes for decades. Located amid Ste. Genevieve’s National Historic Landmark District, the Felix Valle House State Historic Site offers visitors a rare glimpse of Missouri’s French colonial past. Read more...
The Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve invites you to visit the historic Guibourd-Valle House (c. 1806) Built in 1806 by Jacques Guibourd, this poteaux sur-sol (post on sill) home features not only vertical log construction, but also the use of the classic Norman truss. The house was used (from 1806) as a prominent residence until 1971 with the passing Read more...
Many visitors believe that Hawn State Park is the loveliest of Missouri’s state parks, with forests of pine and oak, sandstone bluffs and canyons, and clear sand-bottom streams. The park’s many trails, picnic areas and campground are well suited for visitors wishing to enjoy the splendor of nature; it is truly a nature lover’s paradise. Read more...
