Visit Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

     In Cape Girardeau, the region's largest city, you can take the Great Murals Tour, visit the Glenn House, a Victorian house museum, The River Heritage Museum, Old St. Vincent's Church, The Arts Council Galleries, The Red House Interpretive Center, commemorating Lewis and Clark's visit to the area in 1803, and the Common Pleas Courthouse (1854) sitting high above the Mississippi River in the downtown area. Take the Rush Limbaugh Self-Driving Tour and tour the University Museum on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Visit Capaha Park Rose Garden and Cape Rock Park commemorating the trading post that predated the city.

    Visit the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site in Burfordville, a 19th century grist mill and covered bridge. The bridge spans the Whitewater River and is the oldest of only four remaining covered bridges in Missouri. In the county, the Trail of Tears State Park is a memorial to the Cherokees' forced journey from Georgia to Oklahoma.

    The City of Jackson's heritage includes the oldest protestant Church west of the Mississippi, Old McKendree Chapel (1809). Relive the past with a ride on the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway steam train and visit the Oliver House . For unique overnight accommodations in Jackson, you will find Trisha's Wellness B & B with holistic health programs available. North of Jackson is Rocky Holler, 45 acres of family fun with fishing, pony rides, hayrides, wagon-rides, picnics and special events.

     Visit one of the most beautiful natural displays of spring blossoms in the state of Missouri at Pinecrest Azalea Gardens near Oak Ridge.  Pinecrest is open to visitors from March through May.