Early automobiles, horse-drawn carriages and streetcars shared the road in the 300 block of 12th Street more than a century ago.

What you may not know is that Hallmark originated in Kansas City. In 1910, 18-year-old Joyce C. Hall of Nebraska gathered two shoeboxes filled with postcards and set out to create a greeting card ...

which continues to adorn countless T-shirts and postcards. Its skyline profile pops up during commercial breaks when the Kansas City Chiefs play on national television, which is much more often ...