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A Kansas City native, Karon enjoys being the official tour guide for family and friends. Not only does she know the city well, she has a story for every landmark. Contact her at nktripp@gmail.com.

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Laughing Santa and Holiday Spirit train in Crown Center district

Emery Bird Thayer laughing Santa The legendary Emery Bird Thayer Department Store reigned along 11th Street from Walnut to Grand from 1890 to the...
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Kansas City traditions of Christmas Fairy and giant crowns continue

Anyone who grew up in Kansas City in the 1940’s through the 1960’s undoubtedly has fond memories of downtown during the holidays. This...
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Model trains a holiday tradition at Union Station

The annual display of model trains has arrived at Union Station and is bigger and better than ever. Two new displays have been added to the perennial...
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Mayor’s Christmas tree one of the biggest in the nation

Friday, November 27, Mayor Mark Funkhouser and Kansas City native Eric Stonestreet, of Modern Family, will flip the switch lighting the Mayor’s...
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Kansas City ranks high as travel destination for Thanksgiving

Travel and Leisure’s America's Favorite Cities Poll ranked Kansas City in the top ten on ten categories; including number four Best Place to...
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Case Park stopping point for Lewis and Clark

Case Park, at 611 West Eighth Street, is one of only a handful of places along the Missouri that can be documented as a place where Lewis and Clark...
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Kansas City freight house restaurants offer award winning dining

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Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbeque earned the Kansas City Visitors’ Choice Best Barbeque Award for the third straight year. Zagat’s...
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Country Club Plaza is the Visitors’ Choice

Besides earning the Visitors’ Choice Award of Favorite Holiday Experience, for their season of lights, the Country Club Plaza also earned awards...
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Plaza lights are Visitors’ Choice for favorite holiday experience

Kansas City visitors select the Country Club Plaza’s Seasons of Lights as their Favorite Holiday Experience. What began as a single strand of...
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Visitors are in the market for hospitality

The City Market earned the 2009 Visitors’ Choice Award for Best Midwestern Hospitality. Located where Kansas City began, just up the bluff from...
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