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Anthology of Argentine
Mural
30th and Metropolitan Ave., Kansas City, KS 66101; Tel.
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This 220-yard-long, 30-foot
high mural was painted in 1998 by a team of artists under
the direction of Jésus Ortiz to depict the history
of Kansas City's Argentine area. |
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Children's Museum of Kansas City
4601 State Ave., Kansas City, KS 66102; Tel. 913.287.8888 |
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Kansas City's Children's Museum
features more than 40 hands-on activities for children
ages 2-8 and their families. |
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Clinton State Park |
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Four miles west of Lawrence,
Kansas in the Osage Questas woodlands; Tel. 785.842.8562
The numbers -- 1,500 acres, 460 campsites, and 25 miles
of mountain biking trails -- may sound impressive, but
they do little justice in describing the natural beauty
of the landscape at Clinton State Park. Natural prairie
grasses, untouched forests, even a cross-country skiing
path make for a unique environment that provides the
perfect getaway spot. |
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Ernest Hemingway's Kansas City |
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Fiesta Hispana
Barney Allis Plaza, 12th & Wyandotte; Tel. 816.452.4712 |
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Sponsored by Kansas City National
Hispanic Heritage Committee, the two-day celebration of
Hispanic heritage takes place downtown in September. |
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Grinter Place State Historic Site
1420 S 78th St., Kansas City, KS 66111; Tel. 913.299.0373
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1862 Georgian-style home of Indian trader
and farmer Moses Grinter overlooks the Kansas River and
features furnishings from the late 19th Century. |
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Harley-Davidson Assembly
Plant
11401 N Congress. Kansas City, MO 64153; Tel. 816.270.8488 |
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The only Harley-Davidson plant west of the
Mississippi offers an hour-long walking tour that includes
the actual production line where Sportster and V-Rod motorcycles
are assembled. |
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Huron Indian Cemetery
7th and Ann Streets, Kansas City, KS 66101; Tel. 913.321.5800
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Huron Indian Cemetery has resisted schemes
to commercialize the sacred burial ground as a casino,
a parking lot or department store. |
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Independence, Missouri |
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Independence, Missouri is still, and will
forever be, a bastion for good old American values. |
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Kansas City Sculpture Park |
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Kansas City Sculpture Park includes the
largest collection of bronze sculptures by Henry Moore
in the United States. |
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Kansas City Zoo
6800 Zoo Dr., Kansas City, MO 64132; Tel. 816.513.5800
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More than
400 animals populate one of the Midwest's best zoological
parks, which comprises more than 200 acres of Africa-
and Australia-themed natural habitat. For visitors'
enjoyment, the zoo provides indoor restaurants, train
and pony rides. |
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Kansas Speedway
400 Speedway Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66111; Tel. 913.328.7223 |
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State-of-the-art motorsports facility about
15 miles west of downtown Kansas City hosts NASCAR, Busch,
Truck and Indy racing events. |
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Lakeside Speedway
5615 Wolcott Dr., Kansas City, KS 66109; Tel. 913.299.2040 |
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Half-mile dirt oval track hosts weekly NASCAR
racing events on Friday nights from March through September.
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111; Tels. 816.561.4000.
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, one of the
country's premier art museums, displays European and American
art, modern sculpture and a renowned collection of Chinese
art. |
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Plaza to Penn Valley Park Hike |
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This urban sightseeing
tour suggested by Pitch Weekly stretches from the Plaza
to Penn Valley Park and passes through inner city neighborhoods,
Westport's residential and shopping areas and the Olde
Hyde Park Historic District. |
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Powell Gardens
1609 NW US Hwy 50, Kingsville, MO 64061; Tel. 816.697.2600 |
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A 915-acres botanical
garden with nature trails, contemporary architecture
and chapel located 30 miles east of Kansas City. Major
features include the Perennial Garden, Rock & Waterfall
Garden, Island Garden and Wildflower Meadow. |
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Rosedale Memorial Arch
35th Street & Booth, Kansas City, KS 66103; Tel. 913.677.5097
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The Rosedale Memorial Arch was built in
1923 to pay tribute to America's World War I soldiers. |
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Quindaro Ruins
27th & Sewell. Kansas City, KS 66104; Tel. 913.321.8024
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Science City at Union
Station
30 W Pershing Rd., Kansas City, MO 64108; Tel. 816.460.2020 |
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Train station features the Science City
interactive science museum, along with restaurants, shops
and theaters. |
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Spirit Festival
2100 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108; Tels. 816.221.4444,
800.366.FEST |
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The Kansas City Spirit
Festival takes place the weekend after Memorial Day
and features exhibits, crafts booths and carnival rides
along with performances by noted local and regional
jazz, blues, rock, reggae, country, gospel and swing
acts. |
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Strawberry Hill Museum
and Cultural Center
720 N. 4th St., Kansas City, KS 66101; Tel. 913.371.3264 |
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Historic 1887 Victorian
mansion contains original furniture, stained glass windows
and gold inlaid Bavarian crystal chandeliers. Museum
pays tribute to area's Eastern European immigrant communities.
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Wyandotte County Lake
& Park
91st & Leavenworth Rd., Kansas City, KS 66109;Tel.
913.596.7077 |
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Just northwest of Kansas
City, Kansas, sits the 400-acre lake and 1,500 acres
of oaks, hickory and sycamores with hiking and equestrian
trails. The park is popular with winged creatures, including
Canadian geese, northern shovelers, northern pintails,
green- and blue-winged teal, goldeneyes, herons, wild
turkeys, buffleheads, screech-owls, great horned owls
and mergansers -- and sometimes osprey, warblers, vireos,
bald eagles and hawks. Four-legged residents include
white-tailed deer, beaver, opossums, raccoons and foxes.
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