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  • 3 days ago | stlmag.com | Jen Roberts

    The need for nurses continues to grow. As the health care industry grapples with a nursing shortage—projected to eclipse 78,000 this year—a new generation of nursing students is helping to fill the gap. Although each student is driven by their own experience and will follow a different path, all want to make a difference in patients’ lives.

  • 1 week ago | stlmag.com | Jen Roberts

    Maura Kinsella’s path from Webster Groves to Sonoma County winds through Belgium, Spain, France, New Zealand, and Chile. Once a professional cyclist on the U.S. National Team, Kinsella experienced both the triumphs and heartbreaks of international competition. It was from racing through the vineyards across Europe that she piqued her interest in wine. “I was passing all these vineyards at 30 miles an hour with the rest of the cyclists, and I started to have more of a curiosity,” she recalls.

  • 2 weeks ago | stlmag.com | Jen Roberts

    In Spanish, the phrase El Encuentro carries multiple layers of meaning. It can signify a discovery, a finding, or a meeting point.

  • 3 weeks ago | stlmag.com | Jen Roberts

    Cahokia Mounds | Collinsville, Illinois Pre-Columbia, Cahokia Mounds was the largest, most complex urban center north of Mexico. Between 1050 and 1200 CE, Cahokia was larger than London with nearly 20,000 residents. The reasons for Cahokia’s decline are still unknown, but you can learn about the sophisticated layout of the city with plazas and ceremonial mounds arranged in alignment with solar events.

  • 1 month ago | stlmag.com | Jen Roberts

    Hermann Wine TrailKnown for its rich German heritage and historic wineries, Hermann is the easiest wine getaway from St. Louis (beyond Augusta and Defiance) at just 90 minutes west by car or train. The region is known for its Norton grapes, the oldest native grape in the U.S. Founded in 1847, Stone Hill Winery became the country’s second-largest winery by the early 1900s. Today, it remains Missouri’s oldest winery and is a must-visit destination. Stone Hill offers free daily tours and $15 tastings.