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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Kansas City

19 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Kansas City, Missouri

Updated October 10, 2022

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Kansas City Workhouse

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

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SubTropolis

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

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Kansas City Library's Giant Bookshelf

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

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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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World's Largest Shuttlecocks

Four 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

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The Holy Finger of Kansas City

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

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Imperial Brewery

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.
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