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Founded back in 1991, Kansas City’s “The Beast” is known as America’s largest haunted house attraction. The house pioneered its “open format” designs, where its visitors are actually not standing or walking in line while in the house. Instead you are wandering throughout the scenes, never really knowing when a haunted specter or activated scene [...]
The Renaissance Festival will continue its successful run through Oct. 14, with doors open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. The festival, which sees almost 200,000 visitors enter its gates each season, replicates a sixteenth-century village full of magic, entertainment, and wonder. Most of the shows and displays are interactive. You can learn [...]
From Sept. 6 to Nov. 17, the American Royal hosts dozens of diverse activities, from races to dances. The event has a long history in Kansas City, reaching back more than a century. As happens each year, the American Royal festival starts off with the American Royal Parade, one of the largest of its kind [...]
Out-of-towners are often surprised to find that Kansas City is known by some as the capital of Halloween Haunts. With haunted houses a plenty, one can find Hollywood-grade prosthetics, ideas which capitalize on vulnerabilities and phobias, one is sure to have a frightfully fun evening with the many choices of scary attractions. The big daddy [...]
Everyone loves a great mobile app, especially people that travel. If you are heading to Kansas City anytime soon, there are a couple of apps that are a “must-have”. Blair Stover has all the details below for those about to set off: VisitKC.com is all about serving the Kansas City community. This time, they have [...]
September brings many fun events to Kansas City. With Labor Day, the end of summer is marked and temperatures hopefully cool down a bit with the anticipation of fall being right around the corner. Here are a few September events Blair Stover recommends. The Kansas City Irish Festival 2012 makes Irish eyes smile. And 2012 [...]
The time has come for your ultimate shopping adventure! Blair Stover reports that reasonably priced shopping can be found throughout the Kansas City area. Pay particular attention to the shops along the Country Club Plaza. Walk around and discover the variety of Crown Center. Take in the hotspotes at Xona Rosa and The Legends at [...]
Kansas City and art go hand in hand. The city is internationally recognized with museums that have become the standard in the art world. However, in today’s market it isn’t just the museums that have the notoriety, the restaurants that are located in these Kansas City museums have the world buzzing as well. Here are [...]
Animal enthusiasts will want to make the trip to Kansas City’s new aquarium. The SEA LIFE Kansas City Aquarium opened its doors in April of this year. Entering this aquarium, you will be transported into the unbelievable underwater worlds. Visitors are taken on a two to three hour journey through fresh waters of the Missouri [...]