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Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City
Type: History | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
Since 1932, the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City has been on the forefront of historic advocacy and preservation in the Greater Kansas City, Missouri, area. Its goal, in the words of f...
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The
Type: Art Museums | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The is a Visitor's Choice
You are invited to discover some of the 34,500 pieces in the collection of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. From ceramic objects found in ancient Chinese tombs to whimsical sculptures of badminton bir...
New Santa Fe Historical Society & Cemetery
Type: History | Location: Southeast
The town of New Santa Fe (or Little Santa Fe, as some call it) stood at the junction of the Santa Fe Trail and State Line Road, now southwest Kansas City. The little village had great historical signi...
Old Stone Church
Type: History | Location: Southwest
Reverend Samuel Adair and his son, Charles, built the Old Stone Church from area native stone. Reverend Adair's wife, Florella, John Brown's half-sister, raised the money from friends and relatives in...
Osawatomie Railroad Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Regional
Railroads reached Osawatomie in 1879 with the St. Louis-Kansas-Arizona line, which became the Missouri Pacific and later the Union Pacific. Today, the railroad's influence is best appreciated here at...
Paola Chamber of Commerce
Type: Convention Bureaus / Chambers / Area Info | Location: Southwest
Paola is a charming community with 150 years of history. It is located about twenty minutes south of the Kansas City metropolitan area on US Highway 169 in Miami County, the second fastest growing co...
Pioneer Park
Type: History | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
In addition to the heroic size bronze statuary group of the three "Pioneers" - Jim Bridger, Alexander Majors and John Calvin McCoy - there is a terrazzo map showing the three trails west during the m...
Pioneer Spring Cabin
Type: History | Location: East
The austere two-room cabin offers a sharp contrast with the area's opulent Victorian estates. The typical 1850s log cabin gives an insight to everyday life in the pre-Civil War era. Originally constru...
Pioneer Trails Adventures
Type: History | Location: East
Independence -- where the three trails began, two Civil War battles where fought and where a President made his march to The White House. See Independence as a pioneer would, by mule-drawn covered wag...
Pony Express National Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Northwest
Explore many modern, interactive & educational exhibits created to depict the need, creation, operation and termination of the famous mail service that lasted from April 1860 to October 1861. The muse...
Quindaro Ruins Underground Railroad
Type: History | Location: West
Located on the Missouri River, Quindaro began as a boomtown and evolved into a stop on the underground railroad. Now part of Kansas City, KS, archaeological digs are under way at the Quindaro ruins wi...
Rice-Tremonti Home
Type: History | Location: East
One of Missouri's most significant historic properties; placed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Home built in 1844. Popular camping site on the Santa Fe, California and Oregon trails. Ava...
Richard Allen Cultural Center
Type: History | Location: Regional
African-American museum in former Buffalo Soldier's home. Contains Colin Powell artifacts and is the depository of African-American history and photographs from the 1800s to 1950s. Rental space: 40 p...
Rosedale Memorial Arch
Type: History | Location: West
Tribute to soldiers who served in World War I. Based on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the Arch was designed by Rosedale resident John LeRoy Marshall and was dedicated in 1923. In 1993 a monument was a...
Segway Experience of Kansas City
Type: Tours & Sightseeing | Location: Crown Center Area
Enjoy Segway guided tours in Kansas City! Visit us at our showroom inside Union Station and take your turn riding a Segway. Join us for one of our unique Segway tours discovering all that Kansas City ...
Shawnee Historic Murals
Type: History | Location: East
Shawnee's history through the paintings of Charles Goslin. Dedicated in 1992, the murals depict three time periods in the area's history....
Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site
Type: Museums | Location: West
In the 19th century, Americans wanted more land and settlement moved west. For countless Indians, the American thrust for land meant the end of their traditional way of life. The Shawnee Mission was o...
Shawnee Town
Type: History | Location: Southwest
Shawnee Town is an outdoor museum interpreting small town rural life from the 1920s. Stroll through the museum and visit our buildings and grounds featuring a home, barn, school, post office, chapel, ...
Soldiers Monument
Type: History | Location: Southwest
The Soldiers Monument was dedicated on August 30, 1877 before an audience of 10,000 people to honor the five Free State men killed in the Battle of Osawatomie on August 30, 1856. The monument is the g...
Spring Hill Kansas - Historic Downtown
Type: History | Location: Southwest
The State of Kansas recognized this area for its significance to the community. The one-block district includes buildings built as early as 1896. The area was developed as the community's second down...
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Type: History | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
Visit Kansas City's first Episcopal Church for Sunday worship or a guided tour. St. Mary's entered the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Built in 1888, red brick, Victorian Gothic style wi...
St. Patrick's Church
Type: History | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
Established in 1869 for predominantly Irish community located east of Main after the Civil War. Oldest continuously operated church in KC. Mass at noon Sun. and holy days....
The City Market
Type: Farmer's Market & Specialty Foods | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
In operation since 1857, the City Market is the largest farmers’ market in the region with an annual attendance of nearly 600,000 per year and bursting with more than 170 farmer stalls. In addition, C...
Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site
Type: History | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
Home and studio of late artist features original furnishings and paintings. ...
Tonganoxie Community Historical Society
Type: Museums | Location: West
Maintains a 10-acre historic site composed of a one-room school, Reno Church, dairy barn and museum. Hay barn available for special events; 100 ppl seated....