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Bauman’s Deep Woods Escape – Where a 4,500 Square-Foot Luxury Cabin, Year-Round Heated Pool, and Total Privacy Create the Ultimate Group Retreat Just Minutes from Charleville Winery and Outdoor Recreation Most vacation rentals offer a place to sleep between activities. Bauman’s Deep Woods Escape offers an entire destination. This is a 4,500 square-foot luxury cabin that’s less accommodation and more private resort—the kind of property where guests arrive planning to explore Sainte Geneviève’s historic downtown, Charleville Vineyard & Microbrewery’s rolling hills, Pickle Springs Natural Area’s geological wonders, or Hawn State Park’s forested trails, then discover they don’t actually want to leave the property because everything they need for a perfect vacation exists within the wooded 334 Hammermill Trail compound: a 40-foot heated pool (now enclosed for year-round swimming), a hot tub, indoor and outdoor bars, a commercial ice maker, multiple fire pits, sand volleyball court, horseshoe pits, washer toss, ping pong, billiards, a Sonos WiFi speaker system that lets you blast music without disturbing anyone except your own group, and five bedrooms with custom-built bunks sleeping up to 23 people comfortably. Located just seven miles from downtown Sainte Geneviève but surrounded by deep woods that create total privacy, Bauman’s occupies Read more…

14789 Leroy Drive Ste. Geneviève, MO 63670 Bauman’s Hillside Hideaway, LLC – Bauman’s Deep Woods Escape, LLC The Bauman’s Hillside Hideaway is a spacious, amenity-rich, rustic home in a private/wooded setting in Ste. Geneviève County. This property is only 7 miles from historic downtown Ste. Geneviève and only a 7 to 15-mile drive through rolling hills to wine country. It can comfortably sleep 11 guests in its bedrooms (2 kings, 2 queens, one room with 2 twins, one of which has a trundle). It also has 3 roll-away beds and 2 full-size baby beds that can be put in some of the larger bedrooms and/or in common areas. There are 3.5 baths. This exceptional hideaway features a 40’ private in-ground heated swimming pool, hot tub, sand volleyball court, horseshoe pits, fire pit, outdoor kitchen, pool table, Ping-Pong table, darts, washers, and endless indoor/outdoor activities. Read more…

Beauvais-Amoureux House – Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Standing as a remarkable testament to America’s French colonial heritage, the Beauvais-Amoureux House offers visitors a rare glimpse into the architectural ingenuity and daily life of 18th-century settlers along the Mississippi River. Now proudly preserved as part of the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park, this exceptional structure invites you to step back in time and connect with the diverse roots of American culture. Built to Last: The Story of Poteaux-en-Terre Built around 1792 by Jean-Baptiste St. Gemme Beauvais, this historic home overlooks le Grand Champ—Ste. Geneviève’s communal agricultural fields that once sustained the entire village. The house itself is an architectural treasure, constructed using the exceedingly rare “poteaux-en-terre” or “posts-in-the-earth” method, in which upright cedar log walls are set directly into the ground. This ancient building technique, brought from French Canada and adapted to the Missouri frontier, represents one of the few surviving examples of this construction style in the United States. The home’s heavy, hand-hewn timbers form an impressive Norman truss system supporting a steeply-pitched roof—a distinctive feature that echoes the architectural traditions of early French Canada and speaks to the cultural memory settlers carried with them to the New World. Read more…

Belle Ever After Boutique LLC – Where a Mother-Daughter Passion for Fashion Builds Women Up, One Outfit at a Time “Belle Ever After is a family-owned boutique, bringing a little fun and fashion to downtown Ste. Genevieve, MO. We’re all about cute clothes, great gifts, and helping women feel their best. Stop by, say hi, and see what’s new — we can’t wait to help you find something you love!” At 1 South Main Street in the heart of historic downtown Ste. Genevieve, Belle Ever After Boutique represents what happens when a “crazy idea” born from mother-daughter love for fashion transforms into thriving family business dedicated to helping women feel confident and beautiful. Established in 2017, this family-owned boutique now operates two locations—Ste. Genevieve and downtown Old Town Cape Girardeau—plus a robust online presence, all focused on a mission that transcends mere retail: “We LOVE helping build women up! We’re all beautiful in our own way, sometimes we just lack confidence and need a little help showing our inner beauty.” Carrying hand-selected clothing (sizes Small to 3XL for women, various sizes for girls), jewelry, shoes, athleisure, dresses, jeans, sweaters, tops, sunglasses, belts, candles, handmade soaps, and gifts, Belle Ever After Read more…

Coffee, Pastries, Breakfast Bites About Birdies:  Nicole is a local Sainte Genevièvan whose mission is to serve a great cup of coffee.  Incidentally, she also serves a great matcha as well as some serious baked goods.  Of these, the homemade oatmeal cream pie is a staple that is hard to pass up with its flawless execution.  It’ll send a shiver of nostalgia through your tongue.  Before it was Birdies, this location has long been a coffee shop that hung its hat on quick and satisfying breakfast nibbles.  Nicole has made her own spin on the menu, offering a breakfast fried rice that is a real nice wake-me-up and egg bites that pack just the right amount of protein. The menu of specialty coffee changes with the seasons and is always bringing the creativity.  The best thing is you can always count of the quality of the coffee (or matcha) taking center stage. Read more…