Wherever I wander, I have an eye out for new and different things that might make interesting writing and reading. A trip to the Iowa-Missouri-Illinois tri-state corner last weekend offered up some ...

Hand holding a purple geode in a green garden - FotoHelin/Shutterstock This guide highlights accessible, legal locations where enthusiasts can safely hunt for geodes and geode-like formations and take ...

In 1967, the Iowa State Legislature named the Geode the state rock of Iowa. Fifty years later, this unique type of rock gets more notice in Keokuk than anywhere else in the state. Keokuk is known as ...

Rock and fossil hunting doesn’t end when the stones come out of the ground. In this video, we cut, crack, clean, and polish a variety of Missouri finds, revealing the hidden beauty inside agatized ...