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By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 9/2/26 | Last updated: 9/2/26 Waynesville is the Pulaski County seat — a small Route 66 town on the banks of the Roubidoux River with more history per block than most Missouri cities ten times its size. The 1903 courthouse is one of only two period courthouses left on […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 8/26/26 | Last updated: 8/26/26 Uranus Fudge Factory & General Store sits at the geographic center of Missouri — halfway between St. Louis and Springfield on I-44, in the heart of the Ozarks, on Historic Route 66. That central location makes St. Robert one of the best bases for […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 8-19-26 | Last updated: 8-19-26 Author Jack D. Rittenhouse, who drove every mile of Route 66 in 1946 and wrote the first travel guide to the highway, described the Pulaski County stretch as “one of the most beautiful sections of the Ozarks.” That was 80 years ago. The limestone […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 8/13/26 | Last updated: 8/13/26 Pulaski County is genuinely good family territory — historic earthworks, river floats, military museums, a water park, a nature trail with a Trail of Tears marker, and a fudge shop with an 18-hole pirate mini golf course and a secret river shortcut that can […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 8/3/26 | Last updated: 8/3/26 Two of the best float rivers in the Missouri Ozarks run right through Pulaski County — the Big Piney and the Gasconade — and both are within easy reach of Fort Leonard Wood. The Big Piney flows through the hamlet of Devil’s Elbow before […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 7/30/26 | Last updated: 7/30/26 Missouri has 317 miles of Route 66 and enough good food along it to make the drive as much about eating as it is about driving. From a frozen custard stand that’s been on Chippewa Street in St. Louis since 1941 to a barbecue […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 7-22-26 | Last updated: 7-22-26 St. Robert, Missouri has over 20 hotels and motels within a few miles of Uranus Fudge Factory & General Store — more options than most people expect, largely because Fort Leonard Wood generates steady demand year-round. Whether you’re stopping for one night on a […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 7-14-26 | Last updated: 7-14-26 St. Robert, Missouri sits right off I-44 in the heart of the Ozarks, adjacent to Fort Leonard Wood and on the original alignment of Historic Route 66. It’s a small city that punches well above its weight for things to do — partly because […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 7-9-26 | Last updated: 7-9-26 Pulaski County sits in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks, bisected by Historic Route 66 and home to Fort Leonard Wood, the Roubidoux River, Devil’s Elbow, and more history per square mile than most counties twice its size. It’s not a place most people […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 7/1/26 | Last updated: 7/1/26 Missouri has more Route 66 miles than any other state — 317 of them, running from St. Louis to Joplin, through rolling Ozark hills, small towns that froze in 1965, and some of the most iconic roadside stops in America. In the Centennial year, […]

By Alex Bradford Cobb | Published: 6/19/26 | Last updated: 6/19/26 Yes, Uranus, Missouri is a real place — and it’s exactly what you’re hoping it is. Located at 14400 State Hwy Z, St. Robert, Missouri, right off Interstate 44 on Historic Route 66, Uranus is a roadside destination with a fudge factory, a sideshow […]

Looking for the best things to do in Uranus, Missouri? You’ve found the right guide. If you’re cruising down Historic Route 66 through the Missouri Ozarks, you already know the golden rule of the Mother Road: always pull over for the weird, the wild, and the wonderful. By now, you probably know that the Best […]