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Current Features:

Barry Hart
Destinations — 100 Acre Wood Rally
Two decades in Rural Missouri
Laboratory redefined
Horn-huntin' hounds

January 2010

Barry Hart
Destinations — Winter River Festival
In the driver's seat
Greenheads galore in the Bootheel
Dollhouse delights

January 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Fort Leonard Wood Museum
Mo's rock
Emulating Edison
Sanding at the altar
Tackling Climate Change: "Planning our energy future"

February 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Klepzig Mill
Hootenanny in the holler
Andy Thomas' artful journey
The gift of mobility
Tackling Climate Change: "Citizen lobbyists"

March 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Mo. Whitewater Championships
Winter's wrath
Missouri's March madness
Filling the rural vet vacuum
Learning to serve
Tackling Climate Change: "Citizen lobbyists"

April 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Pinecrest Azalea Gardens
PCs & ABCs
Mackintyre's church
Best of Rural Missouri
Stimulating efficiency
Tackling Climate Change: "Defining affordability"

May 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Gay Parita Filling Station
The art of chevre
A home for homeless pets
An unexpected treasure Tackling Climate Change: "Renewing innovation"

June 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Missouri State Penitentiary
Racing by radio
Respite at Rockbrige
Living a legacy

July 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — St. Jude's Chapel
Louses & Locusts
Trolling for trout
Metal of Honor
Tackling Climate Change: "At the speed of light"

August 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Ozark Caverns
Isaiah's run
Welcome to horse heaven
Walls of history
Tackling Climate Change: "The new nuclear"

September 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Washington, Mo.
More cowbell!
A pony-powered passion
A side of Patsy
Tackling Climate Change: "Cleaner generation"

October 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Katy Trail State Park
Landing at home
Return of the tie rafters
A 'mazing' agriculture
Tackling Climate Change: "In search of a better battery"

November 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — Deer Season
A different breed of farmhand
One day of honor
The first family of goldfish
Warsaw's fitness-friendly future

December 2009

Barry Hart
Destinations — The Magic Tree
Knox City's clipper king
Wheelin'
Broom basics

January 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Eagle Days
A treaure below
The long-eared loggers
Heating with hay
The ancient atlatl
Future Watts — Spend now, save later

February 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Blind Boone Park
Michelangelos with mig welders
Wing shooters welcome
The other Tigers
Future Watts — What about transmission?

March 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — St. Patrick
Masters of the muck
Lending a hand
Show-Me Snow
Future Watts — The high price of fuel

April 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Battle of Fredericktown Civil War Museum
River Relief
Best of Rural Missouri
The Megalith Man
Future Watts — Negawatts

May 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Lilywood Farms
Hamilton's favorite son
Get your chicks off Route 66
Macon's Wild Kingdom
Future Watts — The glass half full
Tackling Climate Change: "A sound approach"

June 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Ralls County Courthouse Sesquicentennial
Be an ENERGY STAR
Get out, get 'WOWed'
For the cowboy in all of us
The business of barbecue
Tackling Climate Change: "Running out of power"

July 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Lewis and Clark Monument Plaza
Missouri's laid-back lake
The boys of summer
The call of the wild
Tackling Climate Change: "Putting you first"

August 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Watkins Woolen Mill State Park
The AB(C-4)s of explosives
Purveyors of pork
A yearn to learn
Tackling Climate Change: "Reactor renaissance"

September 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Twin Pines Conservation Education Center
The return of the tour
A passion for pewter
Power from the people
Soybean celebrity

October 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Ozark Trail
The biggest thing in steam
'We sell adventure'
Living to tell
Radar the star
Tackling Climate Change: "Can we capture carbon?"

November 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Missouri's Wind Farms
The stair master
Not your average deer camp
Almost Elvis

December 2008

Barry Hart
Destinations — Callao Christmas
Picturing Missouri
Olde tyme gigging
A superstore for shooters
Plugged in to appliances
Tackling Climate Change: "Affordable & reliable"

January 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Grabbing the bull by the horns
Building on a Moon Beam
Architectural Details

February 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — Churchill Memorial and Library
A trim and a tune
The cooper's craft
Candy Concoctions

March 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — The Cup Tree
Trial by ice
Life underground
Bike School

April 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — King City
Best of Rural Missouri
New life for old logs
Puppetry college

May 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — Smithville Lake
Lost in Time
Bluegrass to the roots
Blackwater keeps on rolling

June 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — Trenton
Going the distance
Growing a rainbow
A river for life

July 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — Boonesfield Village
Wing shooter
Where eagles dare
A recipe for togetherness

August 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — Red Bluff Recreation Area
No business like family business
Diamonds in the rough
Raising the bid
Future Watts: Growth means rising costs

September 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations: The big pump
Paddlin' Passion
Our Future Leaders
Forest Fresh
Future Watts: High cost of cleaner air

October 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — The Mural City
Go speed racer, go!
The little company that could
Opening the outdoors
Future Watts — The need for more baseload

November 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — Peck Ranch Conservation Area
The great home energy efficiency makeover
Tradition 'meats' technology
Ron & Rosie
Future Watts — When time is money

December 2007

Barry Hart
Destinations — Ste. Genevieve
Keeping the faith
Sounds of a Missouri Christmas
W.S. Stevenson
Future Watts — Unconventional kilowatts

January 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Webb City
The Old World Trader
The thrill of the chase
Medieval magic

February 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Cape Girardeau
A sweet tradition
Let us bake bread together
Fuel from the furrow

March 2006:

Barry Hart
Destinations: Clifton Hill
Turning back the hands of time
The house that Bob built
Glory

April 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Old Greenville Rendezvous
Best of Rural Missouri
Ozarks by Rail
Giddyup, Goodyear!

May 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Tower Rock
Carrying on a legacy
Cowboys on the range
Still a store

June 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Shaw Nature Preserve
A riverman's life
Fat tire fanatics
Guests in the kitchen

July 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Golf at The Lake
Adventure Alley
The peacock king
Back into the woods

August 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Exotic Animal Paradise
The racing Tripps
A field of friendship
Your man in Jamesport
A win for all

September 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Chillicothe
Fighting fire with desire
Orchestrating pipe organs
A nut is not enough

October 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Pickle Springs
Farming for a healthy market
Haunted Hannibal
Hit the 'Nozarks' Trail

November 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Dickerson Park Zoo
Bringing history to life
The glassblower
What's up with rates?

December 2006

Barry Hart
Destinations: Vaile Mansion
That dog will hunt
A new wind blowing
Feeding Missouri's hungry

January 2005
Barry Hart
Destinations — City of murals
Fancy footwear
The ferry captain's house
A place for kids

February 2005
Barry Hart
Destinations — Frosty fishing
A life in pictures
High-octane dreams
Eddie's new knees

March 2005
Barry Hart
Destinations — The past in store
A budding business
Fine metalworking
Sweet tradition

April 2005
Barry Hart
The Buggy Smith
Here is Allendale
Reader's Choice Awards

May 2005
Barry Hart
Destinations — Greene Park
A reluctant bassman
Get growing
Horse'n around

June 2005
Barry Hart
Destination Scenic Ozark Adventures
In dubious battle
Dinosaurs in the classroom
Missouri by bottle

July 2005
Barry Hart
Destination: Grand Falls
The other Cardinals
Sailing Stockton
Life is funny

August 2005
Barry Hart
Destination: Wings of the World
Riding to Victory
Graceful Gliders
Artful turnings

September 2005
Barry Hart
Destinations: Johnson's Shut-Ins
At home in their castle
Horse Motel
Above-Average Joe
Sound Sleepers
Eats: Seasons, Gallatin

October 2005
Barry Hart
Destinations: Alley Spring
Taking the bull by the horns
Racing to Stardom
The Un-Nut
Hurricane Katrina coverage at AMEC.ORG

November 2005
Barry Hart
Destinations: Lay Sculpture Park
Carl's Guys
Fat Tire Fun
Shepherd of the homeless

December 2005
Barry Hart
Destinations: Hermann
A model world
From a nickel to a Belsnickle
A new vintage
Home again

January 2004
Frank Stork
Destinations — Arcadia
Keeping the store
Artistry in Steel
An airworthy legacy

February 2004
Frank Stork
Destinations — Ski Missouri
Small packages
Turkey calls as art
Slick Sweepers

March 2004
Frank Stork
Destinations — Floating Time
Brigadoon in the valley
The Wagon Man
A 'Wild Thang' Blooms

April 2004
Frank Stork
A man, a legend, a museum
The best of Rural Missouri
The grandest fair of all

May 2004
Frank Stork
Destinations — Mother's Shrine
Stark Bro's blooms again
No Where Better
Cooking up something hot

June 2004
Frank Stork
Destinations — Keytesville
The bad news Browns
Making history personal
Mad hatters

July 2004
Barry Hart
Destinations — Missouri River
Creating heros
Thinking outside the farm

August 2004
Barry Hart
Destinations — State Fair
Portraits of Passions
Outback Ed
Discovering Big Muddy

September 2004
Barry Hart
Destinations — Kahoka
A monument to the times
Buried Treasure
Mingo: the last Bootheel swamp

October 2004
Barry Hart
Destinations — Pumpkin festivals
A trace of history
Dr. Margie
Man's best friend finds the missing

November 2004
Barry Hart
Destinations — Ancient writings
The wrath of Ivan
The family that plays together
EATS: Evans Cafe

December 2004
Barry Hart
Destinations — An old time Christmas
Collegium Musicum
Hands of time
A new stone age

January 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Potosi
Just like family
Cruisin' for Cabins
Rigger Dave

February 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Westphalia
Catching the light
The Art Dept.
High-tech hide and seek

March 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Laclede
A detective of his own past
A towering spirit
Cowboys of color

April 2003
Frank Stork
The Best of Rural Missouri
Real Roads, Real Fast
Rural Rebirth

May 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Gallatin
Where's Harry?
A Park for All
Purple martin passion

June 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Marshall
In harm's way
The keeper of New Lebanon
WWII remembered

July 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Palmyra
At home on the range
Miraculous beans
Bettine

August 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — La Plata
Wilderness running camp
Where home is art
After the twister
The OTHER theater

September 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Taneycomo
A clock lost in time
Spitball Charlie
Wildwood moments

October 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Rockwell Park
When Seconds Count
Barns of Missouri
Jeepers creepers
Back from the brink

November 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Millstream Gardens
Kontra Vision
Looking for a taste of success
Taxidermy 101

December 2003:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Cole Camp
Underground Education
Three Decades of the OT
Home of the white squirrel

January 2002
Frank Stork 
Destinations — Missouri Mines
Low and slow
Train to tragedy
Remembering past and present

February 2002
Frank Stork
Destinations — Fort Charrette
Keeping the Old-Time Religion
Hidden Treasures
The Story of an American Family

March 2002
Frank Stork
Destinations — Onondaga Cave
The Appleby Legacy
Icy Aftermath
An Eggcellent Artist

April 2002
Frank Stork
Reader's Choice
About Face!
The Wanderer

May 2002
Frank Stork
Destinations — Walnut Springs Farm
Big Smith
Delivering Smiles
Early Warnings

June 2002
Frank Stork
Destinations — Gilbert H. Wild and Son
No Need for Speed
Off-road Adventures
Schoolhouse Lessons
Paris, Rome, Joplin!

July 2002
Frank Stork
Destinations — Powell Gardens
Raisin' the Roof
Twilight at the Picture Show
Weaving with Wire

August 2002:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Big Spring
Road Work Ahead?
Just Swingin'
On the Trail to Success

September 2002:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Royal Gorge
Keeping lines and trees apart
Henson's General Store
Blowin' in the wind?

October 2002:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Eye of the Tiger Maze
Causing quite a stir
Two streams rising
A better finish to the race
Working for the least of these

November 2002:
Frank Stork
Destinations — A fall drive
Saving 66
Doorway to the past
The wonders above
Honoring our heros

December 2002:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Historic St. Charles
Keeping Memories on the road
Milling Around Missouri
Tall Tales

January 2001
Frank Stork
Destinations — Greer Spring in Winter
Kemper Marches On
Crafting New Careers
Now There's Hope

February 2001
Frank Stork
Destinations — From Tragedy a Park
Ice Storms Make Good Neighbors
Ice Time
Republic's Officer

March 2001
Frank Stork
Destinations — Fort Osage
Still in the Ring
What are we going to do about I-70
The New Old Store
Gainey's Gates

April 2001
Frank Stork
Destinations — Swan Lake
A place to rest
Weekend Wings
California Bound?

May 2001
Frank Stork
Destinations — Lane Spring
An Environment for Learning
Firemen to the Rescue
Where a Dollar Goes

July 2001
Frank Stork
Destinations — Noel
Good Pie, Hot Coffee, Timeless Talk
Dispatches from D.C.
Message in a Bottle

August 2001
Frank Stork
Destinations — Brady Showgrounds
Unearthing the Mysteries of Man
Trail Boss
A Camp of Hope

September 2001
Frank Stork
Destinations — Hawn State Park
Back in the Saddle Again
Marceline's Favorite Son
Tough Talk

October 2001
Frank Stork
Destinations — Anderson House
A view from another time
Time on their Hands
High Roller

November 2001:
Frank Stork
Destinations — Great River Road
Rosati Sandstone
Wonders — Wild & Alive
Joan of the Jungle

December 2001:
Frank Stork  
Destinations — Garth Woodside
Answering the call
50 miles of art
Caring for Brazeau