History

The Hall Family Foundation has given the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art what may be the earliest photographic image of slavery in America.

Nelson-Atkins Obtains Rare Image of Slaves Working on a Plantation

The Hall Family Foundation has given the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art what may be the earliest photographic image of slavery in America.

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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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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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A bracelet honoring Sgt. Larry Welsh of Kansas City, Kansas, who has been missing in action since the Vietnam War.

Remembering The Lost in Vietnam

People across the country still wear bracelets to remember prisoners of war and service members missing in action during the Vietnam War.

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Soldiers heading out on a search and destroy mission during the Vietnam War.

One War Leads to Another

A new exhibit, “The Vietnam War: 1945-1975,” opens at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City on Nov. 8 and runs through next May.

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