Kansas City, Missouri

The City of Fountains. Paris of the Plains. Where jazz was born in smoky clubs and barbecue is a way of life. A place built on two states but united by one distinctive American spirit.

But here's Kansas City's complexity: it's a city where progress and setbacks intertwine. The same roads that connected the city became the dividing lines that separated it.

The usual tourist trail will take you to barbecue joints, the Nelson-Atkins Museum, maybe some jazz clubs. But it’ll miss the Library District where volunteer libraries once operated from plumbing business basements, the 20-mile driving routes that trace the city's dividing lines.

VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours unlock Kansas City's soul with Midwestern honesty. Street by street. Beat by beat