See the Country Club Plaza’s Season of Lights
What started 79 years ago as a few strands of lights has grown into more than 300,000, outlining every shop, dome and tower of this 14-block shopping and entertainment district. Learn More

Tour the fountains
Fountains in the winter? Kansas City has three that stay on year-round—the Northland Fountain, the fountain in Crown Center Square and the fountain at The Legends at Village West. Learn More

Eat Kansas City-style barbecue
Kansas City offers more than 100 barbecue restaurants from legends like Gates and Arthur Bryant’s to other local favorites. Learn More

Listen to live jazz
Kansas City gave jazz its swing, and this rich heritage can be heard nightly at many local clubs. Learn More

See how your greetings are made in KC
J. C. Hall started Hallmark by selling cards out of a shoebox in 1910 at the local YMCA. Visitors can view the history of one of the world’s largest greeting card company and watch artists create real cards at the Hallmark Visitors Center. Learn More

See the beauty of the Mayor’s Christmas Tree
The 100-foot-tall Mayor’s Christmas Tree at Crown Center, one of the nation’s tallest, becomes an outdoor spectacle with 7,200 white lights and more than 1,200 ornaments. Learn More

Take in the Museums at 18th & Vine
Relive the history of this historic African-American neighborhood at the American Jazz Museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Learn More

Tailgate at a Kansas City Chiefs game
Kansas City is a true sports town, but no tradition looms larger than fans arriving hours before the game to cook out in the stadium’s parking lots. Learn More

Check out the Crossroads Arts District for First Fridays
More than 60 art galleries and shops stay open late the first Friday of each month for one of the nation’s largest art walks. Learn More

Visit the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
Dedicated in 1926, Congress has declared this museum and monument as “America’s National World War I Museum.” Travel to the top of the 217-foot tower for a bird’s-eye view of the city. Learn More

Tour the new Bloch Building at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The new $200 million, Steven Holl-designed Bloch Building at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is a world-class addition to one of the country's premier general art museums. Learn More

Relive the Wild West through Jesse James
Visit the home where Jesse and Frank James grew up. Don’t miss the Jesse James Bank Museum, the site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery. Learn More

Explore the remains of a 1850s steamboat
When the Hawley family started digging for the sunken Steamboat Arabia, they never knew they would uncover the world’s largest collection of pre-Civil War artifacts, now housed at the Arabia Steamboat Museum. Learn More

Learn why “The Buck Stops Here”
From the decision to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II, to the start of the Cold War, Harry S. Truman—America’s 33^rd president—presided over a tumultuous time. Tour the Truman Presidential Museum and Library and the Truman Home. Learn More