More than sixty years after it shuttered its doors, a small-town soda fountain lives on underneath the main floor of Kansas City Museum. In 1925, C.W. and Wilma R....
More than sixty years after it shuttered its doors, a small-town soda fountain lives on underneath the main floor of Kansas City Museum. In 1925, C.W. and Wilma R....

More than sixty years after it shuttered its doors, a small-town soda fountain lives on underneath the main floor of Kansas City Museum. In 1925,

From an early age, standing side by side with her grandmother in the kitchen, Andrea Rainey has found comfort and catharsis in her love for

Built to impress nearly a century ago, this former bank building’s profile is probably even more formidable in its latest incarnation as the home of

Nestled in the rolling Flint Hills is a ranch with some of the most prized cattle in the world. Dave Dreiling, owner of Booth Creek

The revelation was startling when it came to a pair of plant biologists already deep into graduate school studies: The huge majority of seeds sold

Alyx Jacobs can look at your most beloved, beat-up pair of jeans and see what you can’t: a 10-minute fix. That ability—to assess damage quickly

Springtime means it’s time to take it outdoors whenever possible, and for Kansas Citians, that means hanging out on all manner of outdoor decks, rooftops

Splashed across social feeds, quesabirria tacos being dunked dramatically into cups of broth more times than we can count have been trending for some time

With spring heating up and fresh produce season around the corner, we’ve rounded up eight farmers markets in the Kansas City area to satisfy your appetite.

Even though the Hall of Waters is dry, you can still visit the impressive art deco structure that once housed the “world’s longest water bar.”

When a developer snaps up a cluster of houses in Kansas City’s urban core, especially from a major institution like the University of Missouri–Kansas City,

“A taco without lime is not a taco,” says Fernanda Reyes, owner of Westport’s Taco Naco as she stands in the taqueria’s kitchen. However, setting
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HISTORY
We scoured the history books, took a look at the last 180 or so years of Kansas City history and cherry-picked the moments and movements that shaped the city we live in today. Some events called for instant celebration or quick action, others for somber reflection and disciplined planning, but each moment in time led us to where we find ourselves now.

Sixty-seven years ago, an eighteen-year-old Mennonite farm boy from a tiny Kansas town had a lake monster in his sights. Albert “Bert” Neufeld fired two

The elderly elite of Kansas City share their life journeys, what motivated them along the way, the lucky breaks and tough times, and advice for

The elderly elite of Kansas City share their life journeys, what motivated them along the way, the lucky breaks and tough times, and advice for

The elderly elite of Kansas City share their life journeys, what motivated them along the way, the lucky breaks and tough times, and advice for