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.

Make time for quiet places.

Not every destination needs noise to be meaningful.

Lansing

The community of Lansing was incorporated as an official city of Kansas in 1959, but early development of the community can be traced to the 1860's when the United States…

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Stay a little longer.

Rushing through a place rarely does it justice.

Basehor

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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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Keep moving.

Even slow progress opens up new places and perspectives.

Leavenworth

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

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Go where you feel alive.

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

Louisburg

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

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Stop when something catches your eye.

Those moments tend to matter more than the planned ones.

Bonner Springs

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

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Simple trips are often the best.

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

Lenexa

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

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Let the road decide.

Plans are useful, but flexibility is where the real discoveries happen.

Gardner

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

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

Kansas City

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

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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 Basehor 0 attractions  ·  16 cities in Kansas City Area Browse all cities →