Kansas City Area, Kansas
The Kansas City area serves up some of the most incredible contrasts. Cosmopolitan Kansas City communities and suburbs stretch across rolling hills and steep bluffs, while quiet river towns lounge on wooded banks of the Missouri River. Here's the place to indulge your taste for variety. From first-class dining and professional theater to hot concerts and first-rate sports. Explore history and take in the museums. Or take home your own treasure from a wealth of shops, boutiques and antique stores. Get carried away at a festival. You're bound to carry away some great memories when you visit the Kansas City region.
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Club of the Country
The Club of the Country near Louisburg is a private 18-Hole golf course with some of the most challenging holes in the county. The club, formerly called Rabbit Creek Golf Club, is located on 215 acres of rolling hills southeast of Louisburg.
Louisburg, KS Golf CoursesGeneral Grant's Statue
Sculpted by Loredo Taft, in 1889, the statue and the pedestal are 9 feet tall each. It was the largest statue of its type in the Midwest when it was installed.
Fort Leavenworth, KS MemorialsBuffalo Soldier Monument
The Buffalo Soldier Monument, the brainchild of General Colin Powell, is a recent addition to Fort Leavenworth's historic landmarks. Dedicated in 1992, the monument honors the African-American soldiers who served in the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments.
Fort Leavenworth, KS MonumentsJohn Brown Statue
Near the heart of the city, this statue pays tribute to John Brown, one of the nation's early-day opponents of slavery.
Kansas City, KS MonumentsEisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Cntr.
While visiting the Veterans Administration Center and its grounds, you will want to see the Chapel of Veteran's. The Chapel, built in 1893, features architecture reminiscent of the early European cathedrals. In 1921, this attraction was made famous in Ripley's "Believe It or Not"
Leavenworth, KS Historic ChurchesSanta Fe/Oregon Trail Junction
In a 1924 dedication of a State Historical Marker at the edge of Gardner, Senator Rolla W. Coleman called the place where the trails divide "the grand-daddy of all highway junctions." From its beginnings in 1857
Gardner, KS LandmarksStrawberry Hill Museum & Cultural Center
The Strawberry Hill Ethnic Cultural Society was formed in 1988
Kansas City, KS MuseumsFrench Cannons
These beautiful artifacts of bygone wars remain a mystery at Fort Leavenworth. They were cast in the 1700s in Paris; the name of the foundryman and place and date of manufacture are on each piece. How or why they came to Leavenworth is unknown.
Fort Leavenworth, KS Military HistoryNASCART Indoor Racing
At NASCART indoor racing, you are behind the wheel of high performance karts! Since opening our facility in 2002
Olathe, KS SportsSt. Ignatius Chapel
The St. Ignatius Chapel was built here in 1889 and replaced the original chapel which had been built near here in 1871. Historical Marker (1967) - "
Fort Leavenworth, KS Historic ChurchesNational Agricultural Center & Hall of Fame
Federally chartered, privately funded national museum of agriculture. This unique 172 acre complex features National Farmer's Memorial, National Agriculture Hall of Fame, Museum of Farming, Gallery of Rural Art, and a turn-of-the-century rural village, Farm Town USA, complete with 1
Bonner Springs, KS Museums