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Royals plays in 1969

A Tale of Two (Kansas City) Royals

How did the Kansas City Royals get its name?

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curiousKC Follows the Artists

Flatland’s curiousKC team explores where the artists are moving as the Crossroads become evermore commercialized.

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Twelfth Street Recreation

A Sporting Joint in Old Downtown

Flatland’s curiousKC team takes a trip down memory lane at Twelfth Street Recreation, also known as to some as Miller’s Recreation.

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Westport Landing on the Missouri River.

Kansas City: What’s in the Name?

Flatland’s curiousKC team explains why there’s a Kansas City in Missouri and not just Kansas.

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Peter's Drive-in was a popular spot in Kansas City, Kansas, for decades.

Burgers, Bods and Hot Rods

CuriousKC checks out Peter’s Drive-in, which once once a favorite hang-out in Kansas City, Kansas.

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Vote on Your Favorite curiousKC Question

It’s time for another voting round. You choose which question we should report next, KC.

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A contemplative orangutan at the Kansas City Zoo.

Going Ape About Habitat at the Kansas City Zoo

Flatland’s curiousKC teams explains what happened, and why, to the Great Ape House at the Kansas City Zoo.

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Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Heady, convicted in the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease.

Terror in the Heartland: The Bobby Greenlease Kidnapping

Much of the twisty, grizzly story behind the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping has never been fully told. And one key element of Kansas City’s crime of the century remains tantalizingly unresolved.

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Man standing next to a sign that says "The Center of Population of the United States"

Finding the Heart of the Kansas City Metro Area

curiousKC goes in search of the population center of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

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The Taco Bell restaurant on Linwood Boulevard in Kansas City.

Taco Bell’s Seven Layers of Mystery

Flatland’s curiousKC team explores whether Kansas City is home of the first enclosed Taco Bell restaurant.

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