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.

Not every place needs a reason.

Sometimes it's enough just to be there.

Bonner Springs

In the Bonner Springs area you'll find some of the hottest attractions in the Kansas City area. Whether you choose to take in the sounds from America's top musicians at…

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Cities to Explore

Let it unfold.

Not everything needs to be scheduled to be meaningful.

Leavenworth

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

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Stay curious.

A small detour can turn into something worth remembering.

Louisburg

Just below the banks of a small tributary, now known as Rabbit Creek, near a…

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Somewhere between here and nowhere.

The spaces in between are often the most memorable.

Lansing

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

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Go where you feel alive.

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

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.

Gardner

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

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Stop when something catches your eye.

Those moments tend to matter more than the planned ones.

Kansas City

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

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Start early. Stay late.

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

Lenexa

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

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Leave room for the unexpected.

The best parts of a trip rarely show up on an itinerary.

Basehor

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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 Leavenworth 18 attractions  ·  16 cities in Kansas City Area

Leavenworth, the "First City in Kansas," established in 1854 is located on the west banks of the Missouri River. It…

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