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.
Lenexa
The Shawnee Indian tribe called this area home from roughly 1825-1860, before moving on to Oklahoma. Kansas historical records list the origin of the name Lenexa as \"Len-Ag-See,\" the princess…
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Bonner Springs
In the Bonner Springs area you'll find some of the hottest attractions in the Kansas…
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There's a place on the northeast border of Kansas where the Missouri River meets the…
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With its own settlement roots dating back to 1857, Gardner, Kansas holds a unique distinction…
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Fort Leavenworth was established on May 8, 1827, by Colonel Henry Leavenworth and 188 officers…
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Leavenworth, the "First City in Kansas," established in 1854 is located on the west banks…
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Golf Courses
- 25 in Kansas City Area
Golf Tournaments
- 21 in Kansas City Area
Museums
- 21 in Kansas City Area
Festivals
- 19 in Kansas City Area
Car Shows
- 16 in Kansas City Area
Halloween
- 14 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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