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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Kansas City
Updated October 10, 2022
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This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art. Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Workhouse
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The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri. Kansas City, Missouri
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Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines. Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Library's Giant Bookshelf
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The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys. Kansas City, Missouri
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures
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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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Four 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum. Kansas City, Missouri
World's Largest Shuttlecocks
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A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland. Kansas City, Missouri
The Holy Finger of Kansas City
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Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act. Kansas City, Missouri
Imperial Brewery
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Stories About Kansas City
Podcast: SubTropolis
Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
by The Podcast Team
October 10, 2022
Found: A Grasshopper Embedded in a Van Gogh
One of the perils of painting outdoors.
by Vittoria Traverso
November 8, 2017
Why the Hallmark Card Company Owns Thousands of Priceless Artworks
Exploring the modern art collection at Hallmark HQ in Kansas City.
by Luke Spencer
September 30, 2016