Luie Boone isn’t in a K-9 unit, despite his strong belief that he’d make a paw-some doggy detective. So instead, he’s taking his investigative skills on a K-9 adventure through Kansas City, Missouri. One of Luie Boone’s first discoveries is that Kansas City is the birthplace of the McDonald’s Happy Meal. The idea was developed here by a local advertising team to make dining more fun for kids, and what began as a small regional experiment turned into a global phenomenon. Lu

The Davis Mountains in West Texas are classified a Sky Island ecosystem. This forested mountain range rises dramatically from the surrounding Chihuahuan Desert, creating a unique and isolated habitat that serves as a crucial sanctuary for wildlife such as black bears and Rivoli's hummingbirds. And those mountains? They are remnants of ancient volcanic activity! You can see the volcanic origins along canyon walls in the Davis Mountains State Park.