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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Lansing
The community of Lansing was incorporated as an official city of Kansas in 1959, but…
Explore →Leavenworth
Leavenworth, the "First City in Kansas," established in 1854 is located on the west banks…
Explore →Fort Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth was established on May 8, 1827, by Colonel Henry Leavenworth and 188 officers…
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There's a place on the northeast border of Kansas where the Missouri River meets the…
Explore →Gardner
With its own settlement roots dating back to 1857, Gardner, Kansas holds a unique distinction…
Explore →Bonner Springs
In the Bonner Springs area you'll find some of the hottest attractions in the Kansas…
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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
Military
- 14 in Kansas City Area
Traders and settlers heading west would have been just one day out of Independence or Westport, Missouri, when they came…
Browse all counties →The community of Lansing was incorporated as an official city of Kansas in 1959, but early development of the community…
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