Head west to Legends Outlets in Kansas City, Kansas, for a day of shopping and local attractions. The shopping center features tributes to local celebrities with banners, statues and artwork. You even can walk the Yellow Brick Road, a tribute to Kansas’ literary fame in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Catch a movie at the theater or listen to a concert on The Lawn. Nearby, you can enjoy a soccer game at Sporting KC, a race at Kansas Speedway or a Monarchs baseball game at Legends field. Over the holidays, the baseball field is bedazzled in lights during Enchant Christmas, an epic holiday experience with a light maze, ice-skating trail and entertainment.
Have you ever wanted to swim with penguins? Pet a sloth? Hold a lemur? Believe it or not, there is a magical zoo right in the heart of Kansas (near Wichita) where you can do all that and more! Tanganyika Wildlife Park is a unique zoo-privately owned and small and intimate, but every exhibit is spacious, beautiful and immaculate and offers the most natural habitat possible for the animals. Visitors customize their park experience with the activities they book. You may elect to participate in all the “Wildly Different Experiences” or purchase the opportunities a la carte.
Head to Lawrence, Kansas, home to the University of Kansas and the famous Massachusetts Street, affectionately called Mass Street, where shoppers love to browse for antiques, clothes, toys, candles, books and European groceries. Children love Prairie Park Nature Center, home to reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals, as well as hands-on exhibits. The KU Natural History Museum is filled with fascinating exhibits and artifacts. The most famous feature of the museum is the extensive collection of fossils, including the mosasaur, the largest known lizard to have lived. Throughout the year, enjoy eclectic festivals, including Art Tougeau, food truck festivals, the Lawrence Busker Festival and an old-fashioned Christmas parade.