Enjoy the best of the Dot, ten great ways at a time! Find out where to shop, dine, sight see and what adventures are waiting for you!

Dig for dinosaurs at T-REX

1847 Village West Parkway
Kansas City, KS 66111
913-334-8888

http://www.trexcafe.com

Get hands-on prehistoric experience with the Discovery Dig at T-REX, where you can mine for hidden treasures and pan for fossils. Afterward, come face to face with life-size dinosaurs as you sink your teeth into a Bronto Burger. Even the youngest paleontologist will love it.

Experience the ultimate adrenaline rush at Kansas Speedway

400 Speedway Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66111
913-328-3300

http://www.kansasspeedway.com

Experience the ultimate adrenaline rush riding shotgun in a two-seat stock car driven by a professional instructor, or grip the wheel in the driver's seat yourself. There are five driving schools at Kansas Speedway to choose from, the Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure, Jeff Gordon Racing School, Mario Andretti Racing School, Racing Experience and the Richard Petty Driving Experience.

Meet a queen at the Renaissance Festival

628 North 126th Street
Bonner Springs, KS 66012
800-373-0357

http://www.kcrenfest.com

The annual festival is a story book re-creation of a 16th-century English village that spans seven weekends, and is rated as one of the top 100 events in North America. Enjoy live entertainment, mouth watering food, and fun for the entire family.

Follow the Dotte Artwalk

625 Minnesota Avenue
Downtown Kansas City, KS.
Kansas City, KS 66101
913-371-0705

http://www.downtownkck.org

Get your art fix at the "Follow the Dotte" art walks. Downtown Kansas City, KS comes to life every second Friday of the month. Participating merchants open their doors to local and regional painters, photographers, sculpters, artists, musicians, and of course, to you, the lover of arts.

Come face to face with a life-size deer at Cabela's

10300 Cabela Drive
Kansas City, KS 66111
913-328-0322

http://www.cabelas.com

Located inside Cabela's, the Mule Deer Country Museum has the world's largest collection of life-size trophy mule deer in natural surroundings. There are more than 80 deer on display in re-creations of their natural habitats, including 18 with antlers over 40 inches wide - the mark for a truly giant deer.

Ride the miniature train and take a hayride at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame

630 Hall of Fame Drive
Bonner Springs, KS 66012
913-721-1075

http://www.aghalloffame.com

Chartered by Congress to honor America’s farmers, the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame is a beautiful 172-acre site that's also home to the Museum of Farming, National Farmers Memorial, Gallery of Rural Art and Farm Town USA. President Harry Truman's plow is here along with more than 30,000 agriculture relics. The nature trail and miniature train rides are a must.

Play an old-fashioned game of marbles at the Moon Marble Company Store

600 East Front Street
Bonner Springs, KS 66012
913-441-1432

http://www.moonmarble.com

Lost your marbles? Find them at the Moon Marble Company Store. Children will love it here. The store showcases machine-made and handmade marbles, marble-making demonstrations and displays of antique marbles and timeless toys and games.

Stay in Rome or visit Tahiti at Chateau Avalon

701 Village West Parkway
Kansas City, KS 66111
913-596-6000

http://www.chateauavalon.net

The ultimate in themed-room lodging, Chateau Avalon offers getaways that transport you as far away as Morocco with the Casablanca suite and as far back in time as King Arthur's day with the Camelot suite. And yes, there's a Roman Dynasty suite and one called the Tahitian Treehouse.

Have tea in the Tea Room at the Strawberry Hill Museum

720 N. 4th St
Kansas City, KS 66101
913-371-3264

http://www.strawberryhillmuseum.org

Come for the tea and Povitica bread that are served up in style at this Queen Anne-style home build in 1887. Stay for the diverse ethnic cultures that immigrants from Eastern Europe brought to the city in the early 1900s preserved by the museum, which also hosts exhibits of original art, music, and dance from many cultures.

Take a driving tour of war memorials

Kansas City, KS 66101
913-321-5800

http://www.visitthedot.com

Start with the World War I, World War II, Korean and Vietnam memorials at the Rosedale Memorial Arch. Continue on to the Korean-Vietnam War Memorial at Wyandotte County Park. Don't miss the World War II Bomber Builders Monument at the Wyandotte County Museum.