The Center is named in honor of Bruce R. Watkins, a political and social activist. Watkins was fueled by the need to recognize and preserve the varied contributions African-Americans made to the development of Kansas City. The facility is located on one of Kansas City's major thoroughfares.
Brush Creek Community Center was created with community participation and input. Covering more than 26,000 square feet, it was built to accommodate a variety of recreational and leisure programs. The center meets all standards of the American Disabilities Act.
The Asylum Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridge was built in 1905 by the Kansas City Bridge company of Kansas City, MO, for $4,800. The pin connected reverse Parker Truss structure is 219 feet long and 16.5 feet wide. The bridge originally had gaslights at each end. No other examples of t...
Amigoni Urban Winery, located at 1505 Genessee, in Kansas City, Missouri, is five minutes west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. We are an urban winery, bringing fruit into the city to process and age. Our tasting room is where you will taste five wines for $15 and tour our historic building, the Daily Drover Telegram News...
The Beast has earned its reputation as a top 13 haunted house in the nation for years. Find your way through this thrilling open format design where visitors pass by dramatic scenes on four floors with a twisted path out. Traverse through the haunted house in a true 4D experience that includes movie-quality special effects, holograms, props, animatronics and a real alligator.
The American Royal hosts many of Kansas City's premier fall events including the World Series of Barbecue®; the world's largest barbecue competition, their Livestock Show; one of the Midwest's largest livestock expositions, a PRCA sanctioned professional rodeo, and 6 prestigious horse shows including the UPHA National Champ...
The sights and sounds of a uniquely American art form come alive at the American Jazz Museum.
Jackson County's first government building, constructed with slave labor, was the only courthouse between St. Louis and the Pacific at the time the Santa Fe Trail trade began. Two-room log structure was home to roots of Jackson County where controversial slave state, land disputes and westward expansion issues were deal...
Some of the city’s most passionate tour guides are Kansas Citians themselves, often because locals just can’t seem to get enough of KC. But where to start and how to pack everything in is always the hardest part.
Whether you’re on the Kansas or Missouri side, here are a few of the areas that exude KC at its finest. KC straddles the Missouri-Kansas state line, sometimes causing travelers to wonder which state they are in. You’re not alone! Here are a few tips to help: If you are west of State Line Road, you are in Kansas. If you are ...