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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Kansas City

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Kansas City, Kansas

Updated May 6, 2020

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Jones Bar-B-Q Vending Machine

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?
Sauer Castle

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Sauer Castle

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

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Huron Indian Cemetery

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.
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Noir Arts & Oddities

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.
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Airplane Model

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TWA Museum

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.
1 mile from Kansas City
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Kansas City Library's Community Bookshelf

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
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Kansas City, Missouri

Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
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