The list of points of interest in Kansas City, Missouri includes businesses, museums, historical monuments, and theme parks.

Arts

The building located in the historic 18th and Vine District houses both the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the American Jazz Museum

Business

Historical buildings

The Grand Hall of Union Station


Memorial and landmark structures

Museums

The paddle recovered from the wreck of the Steamboat Arabia, is on display in the Arabia Steamboat Museum, which houses the largest single collection of pre-Civil War artifacts in the world.

Parks

Located in Swope Park, Starlight Theatre hosts off-Broadway productions and concert series throughout the spring, summer, and fall.

Shopping

Brush Creek on the Country Club Plaza at night
  • Power & Light District, Kansas City's downtown entertainment district with clubs, bars, & restaurants.
  • Country Club Plaza, first shopping center designed to accommodate the automobile; boutiques, stores, and dining.
  • Crown Center shopping, entertainment, restaurant, and hotel complex.
  • Westport, historic district; restaurants, entertainment, and nightlife.
  • Zona Rosa, recent mixed-use development – retail, office and residential; shopping, restaurants, and entertainment.
  • City Market, large farmers' market in River Market district, where the original Town of Kansas was founded.
  • 45th and State Line, antiques district with several stores and antique dealers.

Sports

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame at The College Basketball Experience, located in downtown Kansas City

See also

References

  1. "Tourist Center is Worthy of Exiting I-435". Kansas City Star. August 31, 2010.
  2. "The story of New Santa Fe, Missouri, a gateway to the Santa Fe Trail". New Santa Fe Historical Society. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  3. "Largest Parks" (PDF). The Trust for Public Land. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  4. Dornbrook, James (August 23, 2012). "Kansas City Command bows out; new team forms in new league". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
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