Three Stop Hop: Westport
Kansas City’s culinary and cocktail scene is exploding with a host of new independent restaurants and locally made spirits and brews. You can’t do it all in one night, but you might as well try.
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The College Basketball Experience in Kansas City
From the moment we entered an elevator to The College Basketball Experience and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, at Sprint Center, there was no question what this attraction is about. Inside, photographs of coaches and players plaster three upper walls. The door opened onto a long hallway full of more bright-colored imagery, news footage, and newsreel voices merging with loud music.
The Elms: Missouri’s Biggest Spa Just Outside of KC
Kansas City is blessed with many great destinations and technicians that offer fabulous spa treatments, but if you’re one of those people who believe bigger is better, then head up I-35 to Excelsior Springs for some pampering at The Elms Hotel & Spa, one of the oldest, but certainly the biggest spa in the great state of...
Buried Treasure: The Steamboat Arabia Museum
Castor oil and carpenter’s tools, nutmeg and wedding bands, porcelain figurines and marbles are just a few recovered items displayed at the Arabia Steamboat Museum. There’s French perfume created more than a century ago – the oldest in the world with its scent intact – and still edible preserved pickles.
On the KC Ale Trail: Torn Label Brewing Company
Torn Label Brewing Company built its 4,000-square-foot outpost in the Crossroads Arts District before 2014 drew to a close. Initially, Alpha Pale Ale, Monk & Honey, and other styles brewed by Torn Label were only able to be enjoyed at bars around Kansas City. That is the case no longer as Torn Label’s tasting room debuted in July 2015 and has been welcoming craft beer lovers ever since.