Kansas City Area

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.

Take the long way.

The best parts of the trip are usually the ones you didn't plan.

Louisburg

Just below the banks of a small tributary, now known as Rabbit Creek, near a spring originally named Shields, stands Louisburg. A central feature of that early settlement was the…

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Cities to Explore

More road, less rush.

There's no need to hurry through something worth experiencing.

Bonner Springs

In the Bonner Springs area you'll find some of the hottest attractions in the Kansas…

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Keep it easy.

The best days usually come without pressure or overplanning.

Lenexa

The Shawnee Indian tribe called this area home from roughly 1825-1860, before moving on to…

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Start early. Stay late.

The edges of the day tend to hold the best experiences.

Gardner

With its own settlement roots dating back to 1857, Gardner, Kansas holds a unique distinction…

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Go where you feel alive.

Pay attention to the places that pull you in without explanation.

Kansas City

There's a place on the northeast border of Kansas where the Missouri River meets the…

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Simple trips are often the best.

You don't need much for a place to leave an impression.

Basehor

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Go a little further.

The next turn is often where things start to get interesting.

Fort Leavenworth

Fort Leavenworth was established on May 8, 1827, by Colonel Henry Leavenworth and 188 officers…

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Stay a little longer.

Rushing through a place rarely does it justice.

Leavenworth

Leavenworth, the "First City in Kansas," established in 1854 is located on the west banks…

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Stay a little longer.

Rushing through a place rarely does it justice.

Lansing

The community of Lansing was incorporated as an official city of Kansas in 1959, but…

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Explore a County Miami County 3 cities  ·  4 counties in Kansas City Area

Located in east central Kansas, Miami County is bordered on the east by Cass County, Missouri, and the north by…

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Explore a City Bonner Springs 9 attractions  ·  16 cities in Kansas City Area

In the Bonner Springs area you'll find some of the hottest attractions in the Kansas City area. Whether you choose…

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