News Looking for a place to watch the solar eclipse other than your yard? Here are 5 KC spots. Read More » Dawnya Bartsch April 8, 2024
News An unobtrusive, battered building is an Art Deco jewel. Read More » Dawnya Bartsch March 6, 2024
Only in KC For 30 years, these four space-age looking sculptures have helped define KC’s skyline. Read More » Dawnya Bartsch January 23, 2024
Only in KC Two copies of the world’s first Christmas card ever made are in Kansas City Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team December 10, 2023
Arts & Entertainment How a hippie art collective called the Foolkillers staged the first haunted house in Kansas City Read More » admin October 14, 2023
Only in KC Excelsior Spring has the World’s Longest Water Bar and it’s Dry Read More » Dawnya Bartsch August 30, 2023
Only in KC How a stainless steel spire came to poke the skies high above Independence Read More » Dawnya Bartsch April 3, 2023
Only in KC These massive concrete arrows once guided pilots across Kansas Read More » Dawnya Bartsch January 25, 2023
Only in KC How a small-town soda fountain was transported to the basement of a KC museum Read More » Dawnya Bartsch December 15, 2022
Only in KC The story behind an eye-catching building on the Paseo Read More » Dawnya Bartsch November 28, 2022
Only in KC Yes, Kansas cops can pull you over in Missouri — busting myths about policing the state line Read More » Martin Cizmar November 16, 2022
Only in KC Does the weather change when you cross the Missouri River? Read More » Dawnya Bartsch October 27, 2022
Only in KC How the once-crumbling Waldo Tower became a beloved local landmark Read More » Molly Higgins October 26, 2022
Only in KC Five unexpected things hidden in Kansas City’s massive caves Read More » Taylor Drummond October 26, 2022
Only in KC What are the ‘Tension Envelopes’ and ‘Western Auto’ signs that define the KC skyline anyway? Read More » admin October 26, 2022
Only in KC The stories behind 16 of Kansas City’s most notable murals Read More » Molly Higgins October 26, 2022
Only in KC Here’s What Happened to Every Landmark on a 1962 Map of Country Club Plaza Read More » Martin Cizmar October 24, 2022
Only in KC The Church of Scientology took over a unique bank building in KC Read More » Dawnya Bartsch October 22, 2022
Only in KC This house’s ‘double hyperbolic paraboloid’ roof makes it one of Lawrence’s most recognizable homes Read More » Dawnya Bartsch August 21, 2022
News The Arabia Steamboat Museum finally seems ready to shove off from the River Market Read More » Olivia Augustine August 11, 2022
Only in KC Why a Midtown self-storage facility was built to look like fake apartments Read More » Dawnya Bartsch July 25, 2022
Only in KC Why the landmark Imperial Brewery downtown will soon face the wrecking ball Read More » Dawnya Bartsch June 22, 2022
Only in KC Where this kitschy stagecoach Statue landed after leaving Overland Park Read More » Dawnya Bartsch May 25, 2022
Only in KC An agent shares 5 things to know before trying to buy a house in KC Read More » Martin Cizmar March 31, 2022
Only in KC Matthew Hufft is responsible for some of Kansas City’s coolest modern architecture Read More » admin February 10, 2022
News The story behind the world’s most extravagant self-storage facility Read More » Dawnya Bartsch February 10, 2022
Only in KC One of the world’s great paper conservators lives in KC Read More » admin February 2, 2022
News The owners of El Torreon, one of Kansas City’s most iconic music venues, have big plans for renovating it Read More » Mary Henn January 24, 2022
Only in KC A bestselling author from Overland Park takes on middle age in her new book Read More » Shayla Gaulding December 29, 2021
Only in KC Kevin Umaña hopes to bring more attention and opportunity to Midwestern artists Read More » Mary Henn December 22, 2021
Arts & Entertainment The Kansas City Museum has reopened after a restoration process that took over a decade—and it’s nearly unrecognizable in its new form Read More » Mary Henn December 21, 2021
Only in KC Photographer and ‘hype person’ Tayanna Nelson is on a quest for the city’s best steak Read More » admin November 22, 2021
Only in KC Meet Sarah White—her mission to decorate her dining room turned her into a sought-after artist Read More » Mary Henn November 18, 2021
Only in KC Remembering the epic 1977 flood that wreaked havoc and death on Kansas City Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team October 20, 2021
Only in KC A cool collection of vintage KC restaurant menus is now online Read More » Shayla Gaulding October 12, 2021
Only in KC Totally redeemed! Local doggie daycare makes a ‘Dumb & Dumber’ inspired car Read More » Shayla Gaulding October 1, 2021
Only in KC A century-old factory building could become KC’s first barbecue museum Read More » Mary Henn September 20, 2021
Only in KC Philip blue owl Hooser’s new work Tartuffenthrope! celebrates the city’s bicentennial the birth of French playwright Molière Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team July 22, 2021
Only in KC Researchers are looking for lost graves near the Shawnee Indian Mission Read More » admin July 9, 2021
Only in KC I worked at Schlitterbahn after the Verrückt accident. Here’s how that went Read More » admin May 17, 2021
Only in KC How the Bagnell Dam created the Lake of the Ozarks and reshaped southern Missouri forever Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team April 22, 2021
Only in KC In his new memoir, local activist Alvin Brooks reviews his decades of civil rights fights Read More » admin February 24, 2021
Arts & Entertainment How a single from a Kansas City soul artist became a surprise hit in Europe Read More » admin February 4, 2021
Only in KC In 1928, a Native American man from Kansas became the nation’s first vice president of color Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team January 6, 2021
Squirrels are not native to modern Kansas City—this is how they got here Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team November 25, 2020
Only in KC The tallest known handmade nutcracker in the country is in Rayville Read More » Martin Cizmar November 19, 2020
Frank Lloyd Wright-designed church raises money to restore his vision Read More » admin November 19, 2020
The end of the thread for Kansas City’s once-bustling Garment District Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team October 29, 2020
Only in KC 70s-era underground newspaper Westport Trucker gets second life in UMKC special collection Read More » Nicole Kinning October 1, 2020
Only in KC 5 literary road trip destinations from Kansas City every bookworm should take Read More » admin September 22, 2020
In 1963, the newly born Kansas City Chiefs get their first cheerleader—a man named Randy Neil Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team September 3, 2020
Only in KC Photo essay: Kansas towns face unknowns as the coronavirus pandemic halts rodeos Read More » Martin Cizmar July 29, 2020
Only in KC A St. Louis author’s new book shows Missouri’s history in long-lost archive images Read More » Magazine Site Staff July 27, 2020
Longform Is there a mysterious monster lurking in a Kansas sinkhole? Read More » Michael Alberty July 10, 2020
Yes, Kansas City is a cowtown—and that’s the ultimate compliment Read More » Magazine Site Staff July 1, 2020
J.C. Nichols’ family announced support for renaming fountain, street and park Read More » admin June 30, 2020
Only in KC Kansas was the birthplace of White Castle. Here’s why it disappeared from the state Read More » Martin Cizmar June 22, 2020
Only in KC The story behind the legendary local radio show Brush Creek Follies Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team June 8, 2020
Health How poisoned politics set up Kansas City’s disastrous response to the Spanish flu epidemic Read More » Martin Cizmar March 24, 2020
Only in KC Eight newspapers that Kansas Citians read in the 1920s Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team January 27, 2020
Jazz You can still get a drink at these notorious Prohibition-era Kansas City speakeasies Read More » Pete Dulin January 27, 2020
Only in KC Small-town Kansas was once home to the nation’s most controversial publishing house Read More » Nicole Kinning January 27, 2020
Only in KC KC was once home to the country’s top fashion label Read More » Nicole Kinning January 27, 2020
How Kansas set off a bitter battle between rival paleontologists Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team January 22, 2020
Kansas City has America’s oldest black-owned radio station Read More » Magazine Site Staff November 22, 2019
Only in KC 40 Years ago, the collapse of one of Kansas City’s most iconic buildings shocked the architecture world Read More » Site Staff April 29, 2019
