Bucket List Bonuses
When you want to add something extra to your KC visit, consider one of these great bonus excursions!
This autumn, visit the Kansas City Zoo and explore the detailed illuminated displays of GloWild, a spectacular nighttime lantern festival.
Giant sunflowers greet thousands of visitors every autumn at Grinter Farms where acres of the beautiful yellow flowers bloom in the heart of Kansas.
Underwater pumpkin carving is a thing, and you can watch as scuba divers carve jack-o’-lanterns at Sea Life in October.
Kansas City is known as the City of Fountains, boasting more fonts than any city other than Rome. Learn the story behind our beloved fountains when you read “Fountain history.”
Challenge your friends or family as you compete IN a game show in at Overland Park’s Game Show Battle Rooms.
Read KC Parent magazine each month for more ideas to enjoy with your family.
Play a round of mini golf at Art Course, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s mini golf experience on the gallery lawn, with holes inspired by some of the museum’s favorite masterpieces.
Imagine you’re in outer space as you walk a scale model of the solar system on a quest to see the entire Voyage Exhibition, along Baltimore Avenue in downtown Kansas City, MO. Follow a 1-mile path through the Crossroads District and end in front of historic Union Station, discovering our solar system from the sun to Pluto.
Ride a bike or scooter available for rent throughout downtown and midtown Kansas City. Enjoy fresh air views of the city’s sites and attractions.
Design your own custom donut at Donutology in Westport. Mix and match flavors and toppings in this custom donut laboratory.
Learn about historic U.S. aircraft at the Airline History Museum. See the first Lockheed Constellation ever restored, a Martin 404, a DC-3 and a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar.
Ice-skating isn’t just a winter sport. Lace up your ice skates and enjoy Independence Community Ice, KC Ice Center or Line Creek Arena, some of the city’s year-round indoor ice-skating rinks.
The Midwest Genealogy Center is a free research facility through the Mid-Continent Public Library system. With thousands of resources and expert research librarians there to assist, you’ll discover new secrets about your ancestors.
KC Segway Tours and KC Fun Tours offer one-of-a-kind tours of our hometown, a great way to become more acquainted with the city.
Quench your thirst at the Roasterie, where coffee is an artform. Take a 45-minute tour and learn all about their cupping, roasting and blending processes. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the factory and experience a manual coffee brewing demonstration.
The 58-foot-tall Russell and Helen Means Observation Tower is opening soon at Kill Creek Park. The steel behemoth will offer visitors amazing views from the Kansas Speedway to KU. This Instagram-worthy destination is a must for photographers.
Hook a fish at Lake Olathe, one of the area’s newest lakes, where you may enjoy boating, kayaking, swimming or a day angling for “the big one.”
Pack a picnic and a blanket and enjoy Heart of America’s Shakespeare Festival’s free outdoor production of Romeo and Juliet at Southmoreland Park June 14 - July 3.
Trains deliver food straight to your table at Fritz’s restaurant (Crown Center and Shawnee locations), a local icon since 1954.
Carousels were once made in Kansas, and now you can visit the C.W. Parker Carousel Museum. Learn about C.W. Parker, the founder of a carousel factory in Leavenworth, and ride an authentic 1913 carousel.
When we’re looking for indoor adventure, rock wall climbing is a favorite. RoKC, the longtime KC favorite, has locations in North KC, downtown KC and Olathe.
Watch as Lost Trail sodas are bottled and apple cider is made from scratch at Louisburg Cider Mill.
Play at the Johnson County Museum, where the interactive KidScape exhibit, a child-size village, fosters creative play.
The Lawn at Legends Outlets is a greenspace centerpiece of the shopping center offering live concerts, yoga classes and events throughout the year. In between events, it’s a great place to hang out and enjoy the outdoors with friends.
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