Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse

The Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse sits high above Samuel Clemmen's boyhood home in Hannibal, Missouri. Getting there requires climbing a whole lot of stairs.

Mark Twain's Boyhood Home

Samuel Clemens, the American author and humorist known best by his pen name Mark Twain, grew up Hannibal, Missouri. Clemens' boyhood hometown provided the setting and basis for the characters in his stories about Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.

The home in which he lived as a boy is now part of a museum. Each room contains a statue of Mark Twain with a quote taken from his commentary as he visited the home late in his life.  

Huck Finn House

This house was the home of Samuel Clemens' boyhood friend Tom Blankenship, on whom the Huck Finn character was based.

Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn

Big Elk Meadows

Found more mountain than meadow.

Lion Gulch

Sandstone Park

Lion Gulch Trail