Hannibal

Hannibal was a boyhood home of Mark Twain and the basis for the fictional town of St. Petersburg. Sitting right on the Mississippi River, it has a kind of timeless quality to it. I could imagine the riverboats of the mid to late 19th century… or the raft of Huck and Jim.

I’ve wanted to go there for a lomg time. Yes, I can bet it is a big tourist trap. So is San Francisco.

I love how the whole area is touristy based on the Mark Twain novels about Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer.

I loved this town. My International Baccalaureate English class took a trip out to Hannibal (four hour drive from KC) and I enjoyed every minute of it. I especially found the Java Jive a great place to just sit and write. The history’s fun and the river provides beautiful views.

Where Mark Twain wrote “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn”

Town re-creates era of Tom Sawyer. Pretty place, if a little smoltzy