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List of points of interest in Kansas City, Missouri

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

Liberty Memorial and National World War I Museum.

Arts

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

Business

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Historical buildings

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The Grand Hall of Union Station


Memorial and landmark structures

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Museums

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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

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

Shopping

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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

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

See also

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References

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  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.