15 Best Things to Do in Leavenworth (Kansas)
The first city to be incorporated in the Territory of Kansas, Leavenworth is on the Missouri River not far northwest of Kansas City. The settlement was predated by Fort Leavenworth, …
15 Best Things to Do in Garden City (Kansas)
With a population just shy of 30,000, this city in southwest Kansas is renowned for its meat industry. Ranching and beef are such a cornerstone of life in Garden City …
15 Best Things to Do in Dodge City (Kansas)
In the 1870s Dodge City surged to prominence, becoming the “Queen of the Cowtowns”, as a terminal for cattle drives from Texas via the Chisholm Trail. Some 150 years later, …
15 Best Things to Do in Leawood (Kansas)
This affluent suburban city is right against the Kansas – Missouri state line, a short way southwest of downtown Kansas City. Constantly growing, Leawood has more than doubled in population …
15 Best Things to Do in Derby (Kansas)
In south-central Kansas, Derby is an outlying suburb of Wichita, with a population swelled by the McConnell Air Force Base, which sits to the north of the city. Until the …
15 Best Things to Do in Emporia (Kansas)
In east-central Kansas, this college town is set on upland prairie by the Flint Hills, a long range running through much of the state. For some 160 years, the city …
15 Best Things to Do in Glendale Heights (IL)
This village in Chicago’s western suburbs is relatively young, as little more than a collection of farms with a few subdivisions until the late 1950s. Glendale Heights was incorporated in …
15 Best Things to Do in Addison (IL)
Home to more than 36,000, Addison is a village in DuPage County in metropolitan Chicago. Addison is crossed by two major arteries, the US 20 and I-290, putting it just …
15 Best Things to Do in Highland Park (IL)
Furnished with beautiful architecture and long known as a creative hotbed, the wealthy lakeside city of Highland Park sits on the North Shore in the Chicago suburbs. One of the …
15 Best Things to Do in Round Lake Beach (IL)
Up in Chicago’s northern suburbs, Round Lake Beach is roughly equidistant to Milwaukee and downtown Chicago. Something striking about this place is the quantity of water, with the immense Chain …