Area Attractions

1. In Excelsior Springs: 
  • Excelsior Springs 18-hole Golf Course is next door. (Tee times & fees: 816-630-3731)
  • Visit Excelsior's antique & collectibles shops, art galleries, and flea markets.
  • Tour the Hall of Waters and see the 1930's-style European health spa and the world's longest water bar.
  • Visit the restored Elms Resort Hotel where Harry Truman and Al Capone stayed. The Elms also offers spa treatments and services. Make arrangements for a little pampering. (816-630-5500)
  • Paradise Playhouse Dinner Theatre -- good food, South Seas atmosphere, and great comedies (816-630-3333)
2. Fifteen minutes away: 
  • Jesse James Farm & Museum - Authentically preserved home and museum of outlaw Jesse James.
    (For admission and hours: 816-628-6065)
  • Watkins Mill State Park - Thousand Acre Park with 100-acre lake. Site of historic 19th-century Watkins Mill textile factory and homestead.
    (For admission and hours: 816-296-3357)
3. Twenty minutes away: 
  • Liberty Cinema 12 movie theater, Shoal Creek Cinema
  • Liberty Shopping: Pier 1, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Kohl's, Target, etc.
  • Historic Liberty Jail -- hourly tours
  • Downtown historic Liberty Square: Shops, tearooms, and bookstores
4. Thirty to Forty minutes away: 
  • Worlds of Fun Theme Park / Oceans of Fun Water Park
  • Lexington: Antebellum homes and Civil War historic sites 
  • Independence: Harry S. Truman Library Museum, Community of Christ Temple
  • Union Station/Science City -- interactive exhibits, movies, shops, restaurant
  • Nelson-Atkins Art Museum and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Kansas City Zoo
  • The Plaza -- upscale shopping and restaurants, live jazz on weekends
  • Ameristar Casino -- restaurants, movies, concerts
  • 18th and Vine Jazz Museum and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum