KC CITY HALL OBSERVATION DECK
414 E. 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 513-2778
Hours: 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Admission: FREE.
Kansas City's art deco-styled City Hall, built in the 1930's, has a breathtaking view of the city from its 30th floor.

KC CITY MARKET
20 E. 5th Street, Suite 201
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 842-1271
The largest open-air farmer's market in the Midwest since 1857. Features hot entertainment, 30 specialty shops, restaurants, clubs and Arabia Steamboat Museum.

LANESFIELD SCHOOL HISTORIC SITE
187th Street & Dillie Road
Edgerton, KS 66021
(913) 893-6645
Open All Year, Closed Mondays
Tuesday-Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Experience turn-of-the-century school lessons from a costumed schoolteacher as she guides tours through the restored 1869 one-room schoolhouse. LIBERTY JAIL & VISITORS CENTER
216 N. Main Street
Liberty, MO 64068
(816) 781-3188
Open All Year
Open daily 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Site where Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Jr. and other Mormon leaders were confined.

LONGVIEW MANSION & FARM
3361 SW Longview Road
Lee's Summit, MO 64081
(816) 761-6669
Open All Year: Call to schedule a group tour.
Grand 48-room country estate built in the early 1900s for famed horsewoman Loula Longs Combs.

MAHAFFIE FARMSTEAD & STAGECOACH STOP HISTORIC SITE
1100 N. Kansas City Road
Olathe, KS 66061
(913) 971-5111
Closed January-March
Wednesdays-Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sundays: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.; Mondays & Tuesdays: Closed (May - October)
Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sundays: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.; Weekdays: Closed(April & November - December)
Three-story limestone house that offered a stagecoach dining stop on the Santa Fe Trail from 1863-1869.

MORMON VISITORS CENTER
937 W. Walnut Street
Independence, MO 64051
(816) 836-3466
Open All Year
Open daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Captures the significance of frontier Missouri and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; includes walking trail.

MUSEUM HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Felix Street to Angelique Street between 10th Street and 12th Street
St. Joseph, MO 64051
All homes available for tours by appointment.
The district embodies distinctive characteristics of a middle to upper-class residential neighborhood during the last half of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The district's architecture in Queen Anne and late Italianate styles are some of the finest surviving representatives in the Midwest.

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CENTER AND HALL OF FAME
318 W. Pacific Avenue
Bonner Springs, KS 66012
(913) 721-1075
Open March through November
Monday-Saturday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
This exclusive institution honors farmers, past and present, and America's most important industry-food production.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF KANSAS CITY
2312 E. Bannister Road
Kansas City, MO 64131
(816) 268-8000
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Research federal records of historical, legal or fiscal value in the Central Plains region, including Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

NATIONAL FRONTIER TRAILS CENTER
318 W. Pacific Avenue
Independence, MO 64050
(816) 325-7575
Open All Year
Monday-Saturday: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sunday: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
"Getting Ready" exhibit highlights the trades and businesses that were vital to outfitting wagons for the trails.

NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM
1616 E. 18th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 221-1920
Open All Year, Closed Mondays
Tuesday-Saturday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Sunday: Noon - 6 p.m.
Dedicated to preserving and highlighting the history of Black baseball players in America.

POWELL GARDENS
1609 N.W. U.S. 50
Kingsville, MO 64061
(816) 697-2600
Open daily 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (April through October). Open daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (November through March).
915 acres of beautiful, ever-changing gardens, nature trail, world class architecture, cafe, year-round events and classes.

QUINDARO RUINS & UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
27th Street & Sewell Street
Kansas City, KS 66104
(913) 321-5800
Ruins of the town of Quindaro, an entry site into Kansas on the Underground Railroad.

ROSEDALE MEMORIAL ARCH
35th Street & Booth Street
Kansas City, KS 66103
(913) 677-5097
Modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, which honors soldiers of World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

SHAWNEE INDIAN MISSION STATE HISTORIC SITE
3403 W. 53rd Street
Fairway, KS 66205
(913) 262-0867
Shawnee Indian Mission
Open All Year, Closed Mondays
Tuesday-Saturday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. (March through November); Friday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. (December through February)
Methodist mission built in 1839 for Native American children.

SHAWNEE TOWN
57th Street & Cody Street
Shawnee, KS 66203
(913) 248-2360
Open All Year, Closed Mondays
Tours available Tuesday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (March through October)
A pioneer town museum including the first jail in the Kansas Territory.

THOMAS HART BENTON HOME & STUDIO HISTORIC SITE
3616 Belleview Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 931-5722
Open All Year
Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Open Sunday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. (November through March). Open Sunday: Noon - 5 p.m. (April through October)
Original furnishings plus some of Benton's paintings, lithographs, and sculptures.

UNION STATION
30 W. Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 460-2020
Open All Year
Building open daily from 6 a.m. to Midnight.
Originally opened in 1910, Union Station has been restored to its former glory. Shopping, theaters and restaurants are available. Includes interactive science museum.

UNITY VILLAGE
1901 N.W. Blue Parkway
Unity Village, MO 64065
(816) 524-3550
Open All Year
Self-guided tours available Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Friday-Sunday: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Guided tours available by appointment only.
The Village is the world headquarters of the Unity School of Christianity, a religious and educational institution founded in 1889 and the home of Daily World Magazine. Unity Village has been listed on the National Historic Register since 1989.

VAILE MANSION
1500 N. Liberty Street
Independence, MO 64050
(816) 325-7111
Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sunday: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. (April through December)
April through October and Christmas Season; Daily tours except Sundays Built in 1881, this 30-room "Mansion d'Or," or mansion of gold, is one of the best examples of Second Empire Victorian architecture in the nation.

WATKINS WOOLEN MILL
State Historic Site
26600 Park Road North
Lawson, MO 64062
(816) 296-3357
The only 19th century textile mill in the country with its original machinery still intact.

WESTPORT
Westport Road & Broadway Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 531-4370
Historic district features some of K.C.'s oldest buildings. Specialty shops, galleries, dining, nightlife. Annual celebrations include Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday, St. Patrick's Day, Art Westport.

WESTON, MISSOURI
(888) 635-7457
Historic Weston, a mid-nineteenth century Missouri River port community, offers a wide range of historical experiences; from antebellum homes, Pirtle Winery, 1850's McCormick Distillery and museums to the only tobacco auction west of the Mississippi River; Located between KC and St. Joseph.