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only pro baseball (Kansas City (800­km) RAGBRAI cycling badlands. A dizzying array
Royals and St. Louis Cardinals) event is one of the world’s of rides and activities awaits
and football (Kansas City Chiefs largest, and North Dakota’s those who are more advent­
and St. Louis Rams) franchises. Maah Daah Hey Trail in the urous at the region’s largest
Many of the states have minor Badlands is an International amusement parks, Kansas City’s
league baseball teams as well, Mountain Bicyling Association Worlds of Fun and Six Flags
providing travelers with oppor ­ Epic Ride. The August motor­ St. Louis.
tunities to watch up­and­ cycle rally and race in Sturgis,
coming players in cozier South Dakota, draws thousands
settings. Iowa is a mecca for of participants and spectators. Shopping
minor league fans, with A­level Fishing and boating enthusiasts The region’s premier retail
teams in Burlington, Cedar can choose from a range of destination is Kansas City’s
Rapids, Clinton, and Davenport, mainly man­made lakes, such elegantly designed Country
and the AAA affiliate of the as Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy. Club Plaza. This 1920s urban
Chicago Cubs in Des Moines. Streams and rivers in the shopping district has several
College football and basket­ Missouri Ozarks near Branson higher­end specialty shops
ball are also very popular, provide opportunities to fish and department stores. A
particularly in the southern and canoe. popular suburban shopping
Plains states. The annual Kansas– destination is the upscale
Kansas State football game is Entertainment Galleria mall in Clayton.
the seasonal climax to one of Iowa’s Amana Colonies offer
college football’s most colorful The busiest live music and some of the best locally made
intrastate rivalries. theatrical venues in the Great products at the Amana Woolen
Plains are in Branson, Kansas Mill and Millstream Brewing
City, and St. Louis, with an array Company. The best place to
Outdoor Activities
of clubs and theaters sprinkled visit for Native American crafts
In defiance of the stereo typical in cities such as Tulsa, Lawrence, and other merchandise is
image of the Great Plains as Lincoln, Omaha, Grand Forks, South Dakota. The Native
flat and devoid of topography, and Des Moines. The region’s American Educational and
hikers, cyclists, and mountain most spectacular outdoor Cultural Center at the Crazy
bikers flock to the region’s hilly performance venues include Horse Memorial in the Black
areas. Nebraska’s Pine Ridge The Muny in Forest Park in Hills, and the Red Cloud
country, South Dakota’s St. Louis; Kansas City’s Starlight Heritage Center on the Pine
Badlands and Black Hills, and Theater, in the city’s bucolic Ridge Reservation, offer a wide
the Kansas Flint Hills are havens Swope Park; and North Dakota’s selection of handmade rugs,
for campers and hikers. The Medora Musical, featuring live apparel, and other items. For
240­mile (386­km) Katy Trail Wild West musical programs on Wild West souvenirs, travelers
bike path winds along the summer nights against the should visit Wall Drug, in Wall,
Missouri River for much of its backdrop of the Theodore located in South Dakota, for
route. Iowa’s 7­day 500­mile Roosevelt National Park the widest selection.
DIRECTORY
Tourist Offices South Dakota South Dakota Entertainment
Tel (605) 773­3301, Tel (866) 697­3511.
Iowa (800) 732­5682. Medora Musical
Tel (888) 472­6035. Festivals
∑ traveliowa.com ∑ travelsd.com Burning Hills
Amphitheater,
Kansas Road Conditions Iowa State Fair Medora, ND.
Tel (800) 252­6727. PO Box 57130, Des
∑ travelks.com Iowa Moines, IA 50317. Tel (800) 633­6721.
Missouri Tel (800) 288­1047. Tel (515) 262­3111. ∑ medora.com
Tel (800) 411­5110. Kansas ∑ iowastatefair.org The Muny
∑ visitmo.com Tel (800) 585­7623. Oktoberfest 1 Theatre Dr,
Nebraska Missouri Hermann, MO. Forest Park, St. Louis, MO.
Tel (800) 228­4307. Tel (573) 751­2551. Tel (800) 932­8687. Tel (314) 361­1900.
∑ visitnebraska.gov ∑ visithermann.com
Nebraska ∑ muny.org
North Dakota Tel (800) 906­9069. Woody Guthrie Free
Tel (800) 435­5663. Folk Festival Starlight Theater
∑ ndtourism.com North Dakota Okemah Industrial Park, 4600 Starlight Rd,
Tel (701) 328­2500. Kansas City, MO.
Oklahoma Okemah, OK.
Tel (800) 652­6552. Oklahoma Tel (918) 623­2440. Tel (800) 776­1730.
∑ travelok.com Tel (405) 425­2385. ∑ woodyguthrie.com ∑ kcstarlight.com

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