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COUNTDOWN: the 75 best things to do in Kansas City

part three of three

By: Jessie Burche

Posted: 9/4/07

26. Union Station is actually a real train station. Taking the Amtrak for a weekend trip can be a lot of fun

25. Watch a movie at the Free Friday Night Flicks in Crown Center during summer

24. We have one of the best pro soccer teams in the U.S. Cheer on the KC Wizards

23. Ice skate at Crown Center during the holidays

22. Help give food to hungry people in KC at Harvesters on 3801 Topping Ave.

21. Enjoy the possibility of peeing your pants at the haunted houses in the west bottoms

20. Do a scavenger hunt for all the

fountains in the city on a nice spring day

19. Watch the skyline go by at Skies, the only revolving restaurant in town

18. Cheer on the UMKC Roos at Municipal Stadium

17. Stroll through the Linda Hall Library's urban arboretum featuring trees native to Missouri

16. Eat some of the best pizza at Waldo Pizza

15. Go to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

14. Sip on delicious coffee and foamy works of art at the Broadway Café in Westport

13. Browse Prospero's bookstore on 39th Street and marvel at the ceiling-high stacks of books

12. Live out your medieval fantasy at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival

11. Chow down at one of the few Roo bars at Lew's Grill & Bar in Waldo

10. Go to a Kansas City Brigade arena game at the Sprint Center in 2008. It's cheaper than a Chiefs game

9. Eat at one of the many fantastic restaurants on 39th Street. One choice is Taj Palace, the best Indian food in the city

8. Bebop to jazz at the Blue Room

7. Feel the Christmas spirit at the Plaza lights between Thanksgiving and the middle of January

6. Enjoy art, cheese and wine at the Plaza Art Fair Sept. 21-23

5. Go to Loose Park. The rose garden is incredible in summer and the leaves are spectacular in fall

4. Gaze in amazement at local art during the First Friday art walk in the Crossroads

3. Shop at the River Market on Saturdays and Sundays

2. Drink in a KC Repertory Theatre play in the Spencer Theatre or at the Copaken Stage

1. Get some of the best barbeque in the world at Gates BBQ, Arthur Bryant's and Fiorella's Jack Stack. Add Winslow's and B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ to that list!

jburche@unews.com