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Category: Museums - Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 400 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64106
This intriguing museum relates the history of the once-successful steamboat "Arabia" and its watery demise in 1856. On display are more than 200 tons of cargo recovered 132 years after the ship's tragic ruin. Recovered items include china, preserved food such as pickles and fruits, cases of bourbon, hardware, and...
Category: Attractions - Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 4601 Main St, Community Christian Church, Kansas City, MO 64112
The lighting of the "steeple" at this breathtaking, Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure (the Community Christian Church) draws thousands of visitors each year. A beautiful sight to behold, the "steeple" is not actually tangible but is composed of beams of light projecting from the church's perforated dome and into...
Category: Historic Sites - Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 400 Baltimore , between Main St and SW Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64111
Westport Landing dates back to the 1830s, when wagon trains heading west on the California, Oregon, and Santa Fe Trails stopped for supplies and repairs. Nowadays, the rough, red-brick buildings house trendy boutiques and specialty shops, along with hip bars and upscale restaurants, making the Landing one of the hubs...
Category: Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 3200 N Ameristar Dr, I-435 and Hwy 210, Kansas City, MO 64161-9223
Offering gaming excitement for the business or leisure traveler, Missouri's largest casino complex boasts a casino, 9 restaurants, a beautiful 184-room hotel, over 2900 slot and video poker machines, 100-plus table games, headline entertainment, 18 movie screens, and supervised child care. The casino's signature...
Category: Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 777 NW Argosy Pkwy, Riverfront Park, Riverside, MO 64150-1512
This extraordinary casino, designed to mimic a Mediterranean village, is located a short five minutes from downtown Kansas City. Within its Vegas-like environs, patrons find blackjack, craps, video poker, and slot machines. The casino also features fine dining and buffet restaurants. Plus, video walls showcase...
Category: Historic Sites - Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 611 W 8th St, Kansas City, MO 64105
September 15, 1806. On this date, explorers Lewis and Clark stopped in what's now downtown Kansas City on the way back from their famed journey to the Pacific Ocean. Pausing at the spot now known as Clark's Point, William Clark noted that the location is "the perfect commanding situation for a fort." Views of Kansas,...
Category: Historic Sites - Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 223 N Main St, Truman National Historic Site, Independence, MO 64050
This historic site offers a glimpse at the 33rd president's life and career. The white, Victorian-style home looks much as it did in the early 20th century, complete with period antiques and family heirlooms. During the Truman presidency, the home was referred to as the "Summer White House." The site also features the...
Category: Historic Sites - Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 502 N Woodbine, Visitors Center, St. Joseph, MO 64501
Sited about 60 miles north of Kansas City, historic St. Joseph was formerly the starting point for Pony Express riders heading west to Sacramento. In town, visitors can see stables where "Wild Bill" Hickok and "Buffalo" Bill Cody saddled up for the daring, 2000-mile trip across the plains. Among the community's other...
Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio
Category: Historic Sites - Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 3616 Belleview Ave, Kansas City, MO 64111
This two-and-a-half-story, late-Victorian house was home to the state's most significant contributor to 20th century art, Thomas Hart Benton, from 1939 until his death in 1975. The home and carriage house were then converted into an art studio and now contain 13 original paintings, as well as many of the artist's...
Category: Museums - Kansas City Attractions & Activities
Address: 5235 Oak St, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO 64112
Located on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, this restored, circa-1911 mansion boasts 24 rooms filled with antique dolls, dollhouses, cast-iron toys, trains, and scale miniatures of items such as Noah's Ark. Contemporary toys are also featured, and the gift shop has something for everybody.
