Springfield, MO is the birth place of Bass Pro Shops! It is definitely worth checking out.
This is connected to Bass Pro Shops. It's newly re-done, and it's a really fun experience!
There are many amazing parks in Springfield, but this has to be one of our favorites. It has beautiful gardens all throughout it, a lake, and a butterfly sanctuary! For a couple of $, you can check out their beautiful Japanese Stroll Gardens as well!
Springfield is the birthplace to Askinosie Chocolate, a world renowned, fair-trade chocolate company. If you need to get your Chocolate fix, check out their storefront and do some sampling, or set up a tour with them to see how it all works!
This is a really cute place where you can have fun and make or paint pottery!
A Springfield staple. Great hang-out vibe, amazing food, and yummy, unique coffees (I personally love the rosewater latte). They give 10% of their proceeds to help different missions throughout Eurasia.
Be warned: everyone who tries their coffee leaves forever changed. They are a hole-in-the-wall drive through coffee shop. They take care with their ingredients, getting their coffee roasted locally and making their own syrups and oat milk!
Pineapple whip is a Springfield Summer staple. It's dairy free pineapple soft serve. Their options include their classic flavor and then a rotating flavor.
Branson has tons to do from theme parks, to museums, to live shows. Fun fact: they actually do more shows than Vegas a year, but the majority of them are family friendly!