***** (5 stars)
A fun stop, and more cheese than you've ever seen! But there's also lots mo
A fun stop, and more cheese than you've ever seen! But there's also lots more than cheese, including hundreds of hot sauces, and a wide variety of snacks.
Osceola Cheese
3700 NE Hwy 13
Osceola, MO 64776
***** (5 stars)
What a lovely place to have a sandwich on an outdoor patio! There's a full traditional French bistro menu, and the Croque Monsieur was excellent. But the BLTA was the best I've ever had, with lots of crispy bacon and a spicy remoulade. Very friendly service and a nice selection of wines.
Aixois
301 E 55th St
Kansas City, MO 64114
***** (5 stars)
Wow, what an amazing collection of teeny tiny wonders. I was drawn by my interest in old toys, but it was the vast collection of miniatures that blew me away.
Great signage and information, and enthusiastic docents.
You could easily spend all day here. Allow at least two hours.
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures
5235 Oak St
Kansas City, MO 64112
https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-national-museum-of-toys-and-miniatures-kansas-city-2
***** (5 stars)
Great and inventive menu. I could graze on appetizers here all evening. Oh, wait, we did.
The ceviche and the fried oysters were highlights.
Reasonable sound levels and friendly service.
Gram & Dun
600 Ward Pkwy
Kansas City, MO 64112
***** (5 stars)
This is a terrific museum about the recovery of a mid 19th century steamboat. The storytelling is great, and there is an amazing collection of artifacts, due to the fact that the ship was perfectly preserved in 45 feet of mud for 150 years. It represents the largest collection of pre-Civil War artifacts anywhere. Highly recommended.
Arabia Steamboat Museum
400 Grand Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64106
https://www.yelp.com/biz/arabia-steamboat-museum-kansas-city
***** (5 stars)
Contrary to what yelp says, this place has reopened. The menu is now hand written, but it is the same, excellent diner, type food with the same friendly service. When we visited, it was cash only due to the phone line being disconnected.
We enjoyed both the fried chicken and the chicken fingers. It's nice that they have servings sized for seniors as well as children. I hadn't seen that before.
It was actually full after church on Sunday, so it's definitely in business!
Betty’s Place – CLOSED
4766 State Hwy Pp
Holt, MO 64048
***** (5 stars)
This is a phenomenal museum. Such clear story telling, and great displays. I knew very little about Hover and really came away with an appreciation for the man and his accomplishments. I wish we'd had more time here. Allow two hours.
Herbert Hoover Library
210 Parkside Dr
West Branch, IA 52358
***** (5 stars)
I have no interest in cars or trucks. I loved this museum!
Each truck is presented with a paragraph that really brings its time, place, and use in perspective. If you are going past on I80 you really need to stop. And it's free.
I could easily have spent much more than the hour we had here.
Iowa 80 Trucking Museum
505 Sterling Dr
Walcott, IA 52773
**** (4 stars)
This place was much better than I was expecting. Good Mexican food in a nice place with fast service.
I highly recommend the very authentic tacos al pastor. The refried beans were the real deal, too.
La herradura mexican grill
540 N Cody Rd
Le Claire, IA 52753
https://www.yelp.com/biz/la-herradura-mexican-grill-le-claire
***** (5 stars)
If you've seen American Pickers on TV you'll get a kick out of visiting this shop where they sell all the junk they pick.
They also have quite a bit of their own souvenir merch for sale.
Friendly service.
Antique Archaeology
115 Davenport St
Le Claire, IA 52753