The Kauffman Memorial Garden and Bush Creek Riverwalk
Doug and I spent a few hours walking along the Bush Creek looking for birds, and oh, I, uh, didn’t realize that there were, um, gardens here, too? But we could just pop in for …
Tag: Missouri
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures – Miniatures!
We did a separate post on the “toy” side of the museum, where you can read more about the museum and its founding. This post just features some of the many amazing miniatures you can …
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures – Toys!
We’d just been to the Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis, so were hard pressed to justify visiting a similar museum so soon, but in truth, the miniatures are so fascinating, we almost can’t help …
Hallmark Visitors Center
We went to the Hallmark Visitors Center in Kansas City, Missouri because that’s how we roll. It’s located on Hallmark’s corporate campus. The visit includes watching a film, and making your way through exhibits on …
The Community of Christ Temple
The Community of Christ Church in Independence, Missouri came on our radar because of the unique architecture of its temple. It is truly a site to behold, and stands out against the skyline around town. …
The Impressionists at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
There was so much great stuff at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art I had to make this post on Impressionism and another on “everything else”, and I’m not even sorry. Monet’s 1872 painting Impression Sunrise …
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Monet, Renoir, van Gogh, Pissarro, Sisley, Sargent –– there was obviously no doubt we’d be going to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. And thanks to a little bit of luck, we …
President Truman in Independence, Missouri
Ever vigilant for presidential sites, we of course went to the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in Independence, Missouri. It’s a small town, but where Truman spent most of his life, including falling in …
George Caleb Bingham Paintings of the Jackson County Historical Society
I’m not sure what to make of our tour of the Truman Courthouse run by the Jackson County Historical Society (in Independence, Missouri), but part of it involved getting to see a gallery behind locked …
Bingham-Waggoner Estate
I was on the fence about visiting the Bingham-Waggoner Estate because I’m trying to be more selective about visiting historic houses. But while on a tour of the Independence courthouse (which we were visiting as …