Things To Do

Messenger Coffee Co. + Ibis Bakery

Awesome coffee, pastries, and rooftop view of the city!

Monarch Coffee

Sleek coffee shop with great coffee and lovely surroundings, one minute’s drive from Loose Mansion.

Q39 - Midtown

Best barbecue in Kansas City. Be sure to try the burnt ends!

Country Club Plaza

Established in 1922 by J. C. Nichols and designed architecturally after Seville, Spain, the Plaza offers an array of shopping, dining, and entertainment options! Roam the beautiful neighborhoods surrounding the Plaza, especially those of the Country Club District built along Ward Parkway on the Plaza's southern and southwestern side. Fun fact: The Country Club Plaza is named in the Project for Public Spaces' list 60 of the World's Great Places.

Jacob L. Loose Park

At 75-acres, Jacob L. Loose Park is one of Kansas City’s most popular, beautiful and historical. The park is well-known locally as being a major site for the Battle of Westport where Confederate forces were routed by Union forces in the area in which the park is now located.

National WWI Museum and Memorial

The Museum and Memorial holds the most comprehensive collection of World War I objects and documents in the world.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish

One of Kansas City's most beautiful old Catholic churches, run by the Redemptorists

Union Station Kansas City

Union Station draws tourists from all over the world who marvel at her Grand Hall's 95-foot ceiling, three 3,500-pound chandeliers and the six-foot wide clock hanging in her central arch. Built in 1914, Union Station opens her arms with 850,000 square feet of amazing space that originally featured 900 rooms. In her prime as a working train station, she accommodated hundreds of thousands of passengers each year. During WWII, an estimated one million travelers – many of them soldiers -- passed through the Station.

City Market

River Market centers on City Market, dating to 1857, where casual global eateries, gourmet grocery stores and indie boutiques surround pavilions hosting a weekend farmers’ market.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures houses the world’s largest fine-scale miniature collection and one of the nation’s largest antique toy collections.