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- Daytripper: Downtown K.C. packed with activities
- May 21, 2012
- It happened 100 years ago, but the tragic impact of the sinking of the legendary ocean liner can still be felt by visitors touring “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” this spring and summer at Union Station in the heart of downtown Kansas City.
- Daytripper: Take kids back to nature
- April 16, 2012
- Conservationists worry that nature-deprived children won’t grow up to be careful stewards of our planet without enough exposure to its dwindling resources — the plants and animals that need to be saved from extinction. Studies have shown that children who have an immersive experience in nature between the ages of 5 and 10 foster a deep love of the environment that they carry with them their entire lives.
- Daytripper: Back to the future: 1950s All-Electric House is totally wired
- March 19, 2012
- Attention, harried housewives! Tired of doing everything by hand? Imagine a house with every modern, newfangled convenience, even a mangle iron!
- Spring break daycations
- You don’t have to go far for a trip that will entertain the kids
- March 12, 2012
- It’s that time of year again: spring break. Your kids have been infected with the dreaded “there’s-nothing-to-do-itis” instead of spring fever. As you listen to them whining the “nothing to do” chorus while simultaneously fighting over a Nintendo Wii game, you realize suddenly that you’ve all got to get out of the house or you’ll go mad.
- Daytripper: Make memories with your grandkids in Truman’s hometown
- February 20, 2012
- Intergenerational travel is a growing trend, and grandparents in Lawrence don’t have to stray too far from home to take the grandkids on a memorable adventure.
- Daytripper: West started getting wild in St. Joseph, Mo.
- January 16, 2012
- This historic little town, whose motto is “Where the West Officially Started Getting Wild,” is filled with surprises. The Pony Express got its start in St. Joseph on April 3, 1860, and outlaw Jesse James met his end there when he was shot and killed on the same date 22 years later.
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