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.

More road, less rush.

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

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

Gardner

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

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What you carry matters less than what you notice.

Kansas City

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

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Go a little further.

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

Basehor

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Leave room for the unexpected.

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

Bonner Springs

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

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Pause when it feels right.

Some stops aren't on the map, but they're worth taking.

Leavenworth

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

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Somewhere between here and nowhere.

The spaces in between are often the most memorable.

Louisburg

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

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Take the detour.

The extra miles are often where the story begins.

Lansing

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

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What you carry matters less than what you notice.

Fort Leavenworth

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

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Explore a County Wyandotte County 2 cities  ·  4 counties in Kansas City Area

Home to 150,000 midwesterners, Wyandotte County is sprawled over 111 square miles of fertile Kansas riverbank where the Kansas and…

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Explore a City Gardner 8 attractions  ·  16 cities in Kansas City Area

With its own settlement roots dating back to 1857, Gardner, Kansas holds a unique distinction among American cities. Setting at…

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