Missouri Valley Sundays

Architectural historian Keith Eggener looks at the heritage of architect Louis Curtiss (1865-1924), often describ...

For prize-winning geographer James Shortridge, Kansas City is more than the sum of cultural icons like barbecue, jazz, and sports...

Peabody Award-winning radio personality Michael Lasser explores the songs inspired by our town, from “Everything’s Up To Date in...

Jim Chappell has accumulated a treasure trove of sports memorabilia that covers the walls of his restaurant. Dozens of sports persona...

In 1911 art-minded Missourians hired the nation’s leading artists to decorate the new Missouri statehouse, and the works they created were consider...

The 1940 U.S. Census revealed that Missouri had 3.8 million residents, there were 1.8 million Kansans, and Kansas City, Missouri, was home to 400,0...

Civil War battlefields stubbornly conceal their secrets and their archaeology remains a buried, largely untapped source of historical information....

Since his first celluloid depiction in 1908, Jesse James has been the subject of more than 40 films and has been portrayed by the likes of Tyrone P...

Author Brandon G. Kinney explores the complex series of events that led to the brief but bloody Mormon War of 1838...

On the eve of the 136th anniversary of the famous “Last Stand,” retired National Park Service Superintendent Paul L. Hedren asks: Was...