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Created by Jwc • Updated On: October 28, 2012

1. Lanesfield School Historic Site

18745 Dillie Rd, Edgerton, KS
History Museum · 3 tips and reviews

JoCo D.JoCo Demo: Built in 1869, the Lanesfield School was a mail stop on the Santa Fe Trail. It consists of a restored one-room schoolhouse, outbuildings and a visitor's center.

2. Traditions Fire Company and Museum

20700 W 151st St #175 (btw Old 56 Hwy and W 151st St), Olathe, KS
History Museum · No tips or reviews

3. Heritage Center

1200 E Kansas City Rd (Ridgeview), Olathe, KS
History Museum · 1 tip
Watkins Museum of History is one of local historic sites.

4. Watkins Museum of History

6.2
1047 Massachusetts St (11th Street), Lawrence, KS
History Museum · Oread · 3 tips and reviews
Black Archives of Mid-America is one of local historic sites.

5. Black Archives of Mid-America

1722 E 17th Ter, Kansas City, MO
History Museum · 2 tips and reviews
American Royal Museum & Visitors Center is one of local historic sites.

6. American Royal Museum & Visitors Center

1701 American Royal Ct, Kansas City, MO
History Museum · 1 tip
Kansas City Museum is one of local historic sites.

7. Kansas City Museum

7.6
3218 Gladstone Blvd (btwn N Walrond & Indiana Ave), Kansas City, MO
Museum · 3 tips and reviews
National Archives at Kansas City is one of local historic sites.

8. National Archives at Kansas City

7.6
400 W Pershing Rd, Kansas City, MO
History Museum · 8 tips and reviews
Johnson County Museum of History is one of local historic sites.

9. Johnson County Museum of History

6305 Lackman Rd (West 63rd Street), Shawnee, KS
History Museum · 8 tips and reviews
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is one of local historic sites.

10. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

8.7
1616 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO
History Museum · 24 tips and reviews
Harry S Truman National Historic Site is one of local historic sites.

11. Harry S Truman National Historic Site

8.7
219 N Delaware St, Independence, MO
History Museum · Heart of Independence · 9 tips and reviews
Frontier Army Museum is one of local historic sites.

12. Frontier Army Museum

100 Reynolds Ave, Fort Leavenworth, KS
History Museum · 1 tip
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm is one of local historic sites.

13. Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm

7.6
1200 E Kansas City Rd (at Ridgeview Rd), Olathe, KS
Farm · 3 tips and reviews

JoCo D.JoCo Demo: The Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm is the last remaining stagecoach stop open to the public on the Santa Fe Trail. The site focuses on 1860s farming, stagecoach operations and westward expansion.

Gardner Historical Museum is one of local historic sites.

14. Gardner Historical Museum

204 W Main St, Gardner, KS
History Museum · 2 tips and reviews

JoCo D.JoCo Demo: The Herman B. Foster house was built in 1893. An example of Folk Victorian architecture, it was the residence of one of Gardner's storekeepers, a partner in the Bigelow-Foster Mercantile Company.