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.

The road is the experience.

Getting there is often the point, not just the outcome.

Gardner

With its own settlement roots dating back to 1857, Gardner, Kansas holds a unique distinction among American cities. Setting at the major intersection of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails,…

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Cities to Explore

More road, less rush.

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

Leavenworth

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

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Take the long way.

The best parts of the trip are usually the ones you didn't plan.

Lansing

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

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Keep moving.

Even slow progress opens up new places and perspectives.

Louisburg

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

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Simple trips are often the best.

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

Fort Leavenworth

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

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Pause when it feels right.

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

Basehor

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Not every place needs a reason.

Sometimes it's enough just to be there.

Kansas City

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

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Go where you feel alive.

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

Bonner Springs

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

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Stay a little longer.

Rushing through a place rarely does it justice.

Lenexa

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

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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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