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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Kansas City

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Kansas City, Kansas

Updated May 6, 2020

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Kansas City, Kansas

Jones Bar-B-Q Vending Machine

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?
Sauer Castle

Kansas City, Kansas

Sauer Castle

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

Kansas City, Kansas

Huron Indian Cemetery

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.
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Noir Arts & Oddities.

Kansas City, Missouri

Noir Arts & Oddities

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.
1 mile from Kansas City
Airplane Model

Kansas City, Missouri

TWA Museum

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.
1 mile from Kansas City
View of the “books.”

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Library's Community Bookshelf

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
2 miles from Kansas City
Munitions.

Kansas City, Missouri

Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
2 miles from Kansas City

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Kansas City, Kansas

Jones Bar-B-Q Vending Machine

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Stories About Kansas City

The signature dish tastes like meat candy in a bun.

Kansas City Is Now Home to a BBQ Vending Machine

Burnt ends at the push of a button!
by Jonathan Bender
April 21, 2020

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