My teen boys, aged 15 and 17, wanted us to get out of the house tonight, so we literally drove around the Plaza area and the area north of the Plaza, finding the statures and fountains and taking pictures at all of them. It turned into a really fun scavenger hunt / picture fest and some great memories were made... More

The fountains were SO WORTH staying for the performance!!!!! They were awesome! Loved the music synchronized to the rise and fall of the fountains! So cool!

There literally are fountains all over the downtown area of the city. One can either walk or drive the route. Be advised that walking is over a LARGE area of the city. Make sure to look for all of the sculpture seemingly at every turn.

Wife and I went to that fountain by the Plaza twice and just sat around yesterday. Very relaxing. I'm sure the nice weather helped a lot. Driving by earlier, we saw a guy dressed up like Superman walking around there, but not scarily so. Yeah, you had to be there. A young couple came up to us and asked us... More

If you want to feel relaxed just take a walk aroung the fountains. They are so very pretty and interesting to look at.

Kansas City is known as "The City of Fountains" for a good reason... It is reputed to have more fountains "per capita" of any city in the world... with the sole exception of Rome, Italy. Many (but not all) of them have statuary associated with them. I was fascinated to learn WHY K.C. has so many fountains. As it turns... More

The fountains throughout KC are beautiful and always draw remarks because they suprise visitors - can't believe a "cowtown" has such beautiful and plentiful statutes.

We spent some time looking at the various fountains, but we were unable to see them all. It is amazing how creating people are.

The fountains I saw were fun. There are so many and we just didn't have enough time to see them all, but will attempt to do so on our next trip. The entire downtown area is very clean and seems very safe for walking around.