| Abilene, Kansas -
Visit the Eisenhower
Presidential Library & Museum, free Greyhound
Hall of Fame, Heritage
Center
of Dickinson County & Museum of Independent Telephony,
Seelye
Mansion, Bow Studio &
gallery, Lebold Mansion,
Abilene's
great restaurants, Brown
Park
Waterfall, Jeffcoat
Photography Studio Museum, and the Russell
Stover Candies store. |
Kechi, Kansas - Karg
Art Glass has a large gallery with art glass produced by many
artists
and a studio with many kilns where Rollin Karg's staff of artisans work. |
| Alma,
Kansas - Alma's small downtown contains
many beautiful, old stone buildings, including the one which houses the
Wabaunsee
County Historical Museum. There are also several great specialty
food stores. |
Kelly,
Kansas - St.
Bede's Parish organized in the fall of 1901. The first church
was
built in 1902, but he wood frame building burnt to the ground in 1913.
The cornerstone of the present building was laid the same year and it
was
completed and dedicated on October 10, 1915. |
| Alta
Vista, Kansas - Although most people
would call the Ag Heritage Park
a museum, it is really a personal collection that went out of control.
Over 400 agricultural implements, plus household memorabilia and even
entire
buildings moved to the site by a delightful retired couple. |
Kingman,
Kansas - The Kingman
County Historical Museum occupies a beautiful 1888 building. |
Altoona, Kansas - Altoona
Mill Falls is on the Verdigris River. Very little of the flour
mill, which was built in the early 1870s, remain.
|
Kinsley, Kansas - The Carnival
Heritage Center is devoted to the history of the six carnival
companies
which once called Kinsley home. |
| Andover,
Kansas - Andover Historical Museum
strives to generate community pride and educate the members of the
community about its history. |
Lacrosse,
Kansas - The Barbed Wire Capital of
the World has four museums, side by side: Rush
County Historical Museum, Nekoma
Bank Museum, Post Rock Museum,
Kansas
Barbed Wire Museum. |
| Arcadia,
Kansas - Cato was founded in 1854. The
centerpiece of Cato is the one room Cato Stone School which was built
in 1869. The 1915 Cato Christian Church is a short distance away, over
the stone bridge. |
Lakin,
Kansas - The well organized Kearny County Museum occupies a
complex of buildings and admission is free. |
| Argonia, Kansas - Kloudbusters
has high power and experimental rocket launches several times a year.
It
has been featured on the Discovery Channel. The Salter
House Museum was the home of Susanna Madora Salter, the first
woman
in the United States to be elected town mayor. |
Lansing, Kansas - Mount
Muncie Cemetery has many famous graves, including the murderers
from In Cold Blood. Small, free Lansing
Historical Museum has some prison memorabilia. |
| Arkansas City, Kansas - Cherokee
Strip and Land Rush Museum hosts many exhibits related to the
history
of Arkansas City and the surrounding portions of Kansas and Oklahoma. |
Larned, Kansas - Just a few
miles west of Larned
is the locally run Santa Fe Trail Center and Fort
Larned National Historic Site. The Fort has nine restored
buildings
from the 1860s and 1870s. The community has also restored the historic State
Theatre. |
| Atchison, Kansas - The
Most Haunted Town In Kansas. Haunted Trolley Tours. You
will
also want to visit the Chapels at the Benedictine Sisters of Mount
St. Scholastica, Trinity Episcopal Church, Muchnic Art
Gallery, Cray
Historical Home Museum, St.
Benedict's Church, St.
Benedict's
Abbey Church, 1866 St.
Pat's
Church, Lewis & Clark Sites,
Amelia Earhart
Birthplace
Museum. and Amelia Earhart
Hangar Museum. |
Lawrence, Kansas - Baker
Wetlands, Grinter's
Sunflower
Farm, Natural History Museum
& Biodiversity Research Center, Spencer
Museum of Art, Dole Institute
of
Politics, Quantrill's
Raid, Watkins
Community Museum of History, Naismith
Memorial, Prairie
Park Nature Center, Schmiedler
Grassroots Art, Art
Tougeau, Christmas
Display Tour, Busker
Festival, Booth
Hall of Athletics, Bowersock
Mills & Power Plant Tour, East
Lawrence Waltz, Haskell
Cemetery, Baker
Wetlands
Discovery Center, Wilcox
Classical Museum, Wakarusa
Heritage Museum, Hunsinger Sunflower Patch,
and Festival
of the Nativities. |
| Athol, Kansas - The Home
on the Range cabin is where the poem, My Western Home,
was written. It was later set to music as Home on the Range. |
Leavenworth, Kansas - Tour
historic Fort
Leavenworth and its Frontier
Army Museum, Buffalo
Soldier
Monument & Military
Prison Cemetery, drive by the US Penitentiary, or ride
a
1913 carousel at the C W Parker
Carousel
Museum. Little Stranger
Church
is a neat old church building. Chapel
of the Veterans is near Leavenworth National Cemetery. |
| Atwood, Kansas - The Rawlins
County Museum depicts rural Kansas history. Its highlight is a
Smokey Bear mural by Rudolph Wendelin. |
Lebanon, Kansas - The Geographical
Center of the Continental United States is located northwest of
Lebanon, Kansas. Unlike the nearby World's
Largest
Ball of Twine, this attraction is even less interesting than it
sounds. |
Augusta, Kansas - Henry's
Sculpture Hill includes a
gallery and more than 30 outdoor sculptures
created by
Franklin L. Jensen. Presently closed, but you can drive by. Twisted Oz Motorcycle Museum has
vintage motorcycles, an old Valentine Diner and artifacts from
Wichita's Joyland amusement park. The Augusta Historical
Museum is home to a 1868 Log Cabin and Trading Post. |
Lecompton, Kansas - Founded by
1854 by pro slavery
Missourians, Lecompton was intended to become the state capital. Visit
the Constitution Hall, and Lane
University & Territorial Capitol Museum. |
Baldwin City, Kansas ride the
historic Midland
Railway or visit Baker University with the 1864 Osborne
Chapel, the Quayle Rare
Bible Collection, and Old Castle
Museum. Nearby unincorporated Vinland has the Vinland
Grange Hall and Coal Creek
Library,
the oldest library in the state. Clearfield
School is a 1900 one room school.
|
Lenexa, Kansas - In June, the Great
Lenexa Barbeque Battle (Kansas State BBQ contest) is held at
Sar-Ko-Par
Trails Park, which also has the Legler
Barn Museum. Shawnee
Mission Park is the most visited park in the entire state of
Kansas.
The Lenexa Chili Challenge
is in October. Mark your calendar for the Serbian
Food Festival at St. George Serbian Orthodox Church. |
| Baxter Springs, Kansas is the
western portal in
Kansas for Historic Old Route 66.
Attractions
include Decade of Wheels and
the Baxter
Springs Heritage Center. |
LeRoy, Kansas - One of Kansas'
lesser known gems
is Luther's Smokehouse. Luther's
produces several varieties of beef, buffalo & turkey jerky, buffalo
sausage, and pemmican (lean buffalo roasts ground tender & dried -
preserved with raisins). |
| Beaumont, Kansas - The 1879 Beaumont
Hotel is a unique hotel with 3 suites, 8 rooms, a ghost and two
dining rooms - one of which is decorated as a 50’s style
diner. |
Liberal, Kansas - The Mid-America
Air Museum displays over 100 aircraft. The 1,268 feet
long
"Samson of the Cimarron" railroad
bridge
and its picnic area are a few miles east of town. Dorothy's
House, Land of Oz and Coronado Museum are on the south side of
town. |
Beeler, Kansas - Two historic
markers recognize
the George Washington Carver homestead
which was located near this small community.
|
Lincoln, Kansas - J. R.
Dickerman's fabulous
Creature Creations form an "Open Range
Zoo"
along Highway 18. The Cummins Block Building in downtown Lincoln houses
the Drug Store Museum and the
Post
Rock Scout Museum. |
| Beloit, Kansas - Beloit
Falls on the Solomon River is just above Highway 14 near
downtown
Beloit. The falls is on the edge of Chautauqua Park, a nice little
municipal
park wedged in a horseshoe formed by the Solomon River. |
Lindsborg, Kansas was settled by
Swedish immigrants. Coronado
Heights Park has spectacular views and a WPA stone castle.Sunflower
Trails are open to the public. The Red
Barn Studio Museum was the working studio of Lester
Raymer. |
Belleville, Kansas - The
miniature, mechanical
sculptures at the Paul Boyer Museum Of
Animated
Carvings are spectacular.
|
Logan, Kansas - The Dane
G. Hansen Memorial Museum is more of a community resource than
a museum. The Hansen Foundation gives away millions of dollars in
scholarships
and grants in northwest Kansas each year. Also visit the Logan
Area Historical Museum. |
| Blue Rapids, Kansas - Alcove
Spring and Waterfall are located near Independence Crossing, a
famous ford where pioneer wagons following the Oregon Trail forded the
Big Blue River. |
Louisburg, Kansas - Cedar
Cove Feline Conservatory & Sanctuary isn't a park, but a
place
of refuge for large cats. It is open to the public on Weekends. On
Saturday
nights look through the 30" telescope at Powell
Observatory. |
| Bonner Springs, Kansas - Moon
Marble Company has glass blowing demonstrations and wonderful
toys.
The Kansas City Renaissance
Festival
is a theme park sized festival with food, crafts and entertainment,
which
has added a Phantom's Feaste.
Also visit the National
Agricultural
Center and Hall of Fame, Wagner's
Classic Cars and Wyandotte
County
Historical Museum. |
Louisville, Kansas - The Louis
Vieux Family Homestead and Cemetery is a poignant reminder of
what
it took to expand and develop the American frontier. Vieux
Crossing was nearby. |
| Buhler, Kansas - Walters
Pumpkin Patch is one of the growing number of pumpkin patches
which
are extending their season by adding sunflowers. |
Lucas,
Kansas -
If you enjoy folk art, you should make a point of visiting Lucas.
Interesting
places to visit are the Garden of Eden,
Switchgrass,
Barbara McCreery Art, World's
Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest
Things, Grassroots Art Center,
Florence
Deeble's Rock Garden, Eric
Abraham's
Flying Pig Studio & Gallery, Miller's
Park, and Garden of Isis. specialty
food |
| Burdett,
Kansas - Rediscover
Pluto is a free miniature golf course. It is devoted to Pluto
is
because Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1930, spent his teen
years
on a farm near Burdett and graduated from Burdett High School. |
Mahaska,
Kansas - The Sixth Principal Meridian Initial Point
was established in 1856 and was the initial point use to locate all
land surveys in territories of Kansas & Nebraska. |
| Burlingame, Kansas has a old
downtown with beautiful
100 year old buildings. The Schuyler
museum
has a 1938 fire truck. |
Manhattan, Kansas has the free Riley
County Historical Museum, Marianna
Kistler Beach Museum of Art, the fun Sunset
Zoo , Flint Hills
Discover
Center, Wolf House Museum,
and
Kansas State University's Display Gardens and
Insect
Zoo. Nearby Fort Riley has
many
attractions. Deep Creek Waterfall
at
the Pillsbury Crossing Wildlife Area is southeast of town. |
| Burlington, Kansas - The Coffey
County Historical Museum is housed in one of the most
attractive
new buildings used by a local historical society in Kansas. |
Mankato, Kansas - The post rock Jewell
County Jail operated from 1899-1982 and can be toured by
appointment.
It is just a block away from the Jewell
County Historical Society Museum. |
| Burns, Kansas - Kansas
Maze Sunflower Festival is a public sunflower field in central
Kansas and includes 5K & 1 mile runs through the sunflowers. |
Marion, Kansas - The Marion
Historical Museum occupies a former 1887 Baptist Church, tucked
in the corner of the Marion Central
Park is the nicest historical museum of its size that I have
found
in Kansas. |
| Burr
Oak, Kansas - Burr Oak School & Museum is
a community museum in a beautiful old post rock K-8 school in the town
where Adolph Rupp had his coaching experience. |
Marquette, Kansas has the
Washington Street Historic
District, which is the home of several
museums and interesting
stores, such as the Kansas
Motorcycle
Museum, Oil Pump and
Marquette
Museum & Range School Museum. Kanopolis
Lake
Waterfall is located in the spillway from Kanopolis Lake. |
| Caldwell,
Kansas - Drury
Dam Waterfall is an overflow falls formed by the 1883 Chikaskia
River dam. Drury is an unincorporated community 6 miles east of
Caldwell. |
Marysville,
Kansas - Marshall County Historical Society's Marshall
County Museum is in a beautiful 1891 former County
Courthouse. Koester House Museum & Gardens
is in a 19th century home.
|
| Caney, Kansas - The Safari
Zoological Park is a small private zoo with primates, large
cats
of several species, bears, wolves, foxes, and tropical birds. |
McCracken, Kansas - The
McCracken Historical Museum is housed in a 1901 post rock jail.
The museum has many souvenirs, clippings, props and photos from the
1972
filming of the movie, Paper Moon, staring Tatum and Ryan
O'Neal. Several scenes were filmed in McCracken. St. Mary's
Church is being preserved by a local foundation. |
| Canton, Kansas has side by side "Hot"
and "Cold" water towers, and the Maxwell
Wildlife Refuge with large wild herds of buffalo
and elk - there is an observation tower and on rare occasions,
photo tours. |
McPherson, Kansas - McPherson
College is the only school in the country offering a four-year
degree in Automotive & Motorcycle Restoration Technology. The McPherson
Museum is one of the most interesting local historical society
museums in Kansas. Also see the Mid-Kansas
Model Railroad Exhibit. |
| Carneiro,
Kansas claim to fame is Mushroom
Rock State Park which has more of the Dakota sandstone
concretions
like those found at Rock City. Yes, some of
them are shaped like mushrooms. The rocks have been visited by
generations
who have left the graffiti to prove it. |
Meade, Kansas - The Dalton
Gang Hideout and escape tunnel was used by the Daltons in the
early
1890s. Meade County
Historical
Museum has several exhibits unique to the museum. |
| Cawker City,
Kansas is the home
of the World's
Largest Ball of Twine. Eyegore's
Curiosities and Monster Museum sells souvenirs, penny candies, hot
sauces and some of Matt Alford's grassroots art |
Medicine Lodge, Kansas - The
beautiful surrounding
region of Gypsum Hills or Red Hills will
challenge your image of Kansas. The most interesting part of the Stockage
Museum and Carry Nation's Home is the many many Carry Nation
photos
and other memorabilia. |
| Cedar Point, Kansas - The 1875 Drinkwater
& Schriver Flour Mill on the Cottonwood River at Cedar
Point,
Kansas operated for over 100 years. |
Mentor, Kansas - Rex
Russell's Auto Museum doubles as an automobile themed event
space. |
| Chanute, Kansas - The Martin
and Osage Johnson Safari Museum tells the story of the romance
of these film pioneers. The Chanute-Wright
Brothers Memorial honors engineer and city namesake, Octave
Chanute,
and the Wright Brothers. |
Merriam, Kansas -Turkey Creek Waterfall
Park is a lovely spot, despite being wedged in between I-35,
railroad
tracks, and an industrial area. |
| Chapman, Kansas - St.
Patrick's Mission Church was constructed in the frontier
settlement
of Chapman's Creek in the early 1860s. The church was destroyed by a
tornado
in 2008 and the St. Patrick's Chapel memorial using the original stone
was completed in 2010. |
Minneapolis, Kansas - Rock
City is a tiny park which contains about 200 huge Dakota
sandstone
concretions and a small gift shop. The Ottawa
County Historical Museum has a huge collection of George
Washington
Carver material. |
| Chetopa, Kansas - The Chetopa
Historical Museum is open April through fall. |
Minneola, Kansas - The 1,818
acre Big
Basin Prairie Preserve Wildlife Area, 15 miles south of
Minneola,
Kansas is owned and managed by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and
Parks.
The Big Basin which is named is a mile wide sinkhole of "sink" which is
more than 100's feet deep. |
| Cheney, Kansas - Souders
Historical Farm Museum is a one of a kind recreation of a rural
Kansas community. The Eagle Valley
Raptor Center promotes conservation of birds of prey through
public
education, and provide shelter and care to injured & orphaned
raptors. |
Moline, Kansas - Photos of the
1904 Swinging
Bridge and Wildcat Creek Waterfalls in Moline, Kansas. |
| Cherryvale, Kansas - Cherryvale
Historical Museum has exhibits devoted to Vivian Vance and
Louise
Brooks, actresses who were born in Cherryvale, and an entire room
devoted
to the serial killer Bloody Benders. |
Montezuma, Kansas - Gray
County Wind Farm is the largest wind farm in Kansas. It has 170
turbines with the generating capacity of 112 megawatts. The visitors
kiosk
is located just east of Montezuma of US Highway 56. |
| Clay Center, Kansas - The tiny Clay
Center Zoo is free and open 9 AM - 8 PM, 7 days a week. The zoo
is run by the Clay Center Utility Company. |
Mullinville, Kansas Kanza
Art Studio lines many of the streets with junk metal folk art,
windmills and sometimes disturbing political and local religious
commentary.
The 16 sided Fromme-Birney
Round
Barn is open at any time, with free admission. |
| Clearwater, Kansas - In recent
years, Klausmeyer
Farm & Pumpkin Patch has added sunflower fields which are
open
to the public. |
Neodesha, Kansas - Norman
No. 1 Replica Well and Museum has a 68' replica of the oil
derrick
where oil first erupted in Neodesha in 1892 and a room of clown
memorabilia. |
| Clements, Kansas - The 1888 Clements
Stone Arch Bridge is tucked away in the woods at the edge of a
field south of Clements, Kansas. |
Neosho, Kansas - Neosho
Falls Waterfall is quite attractive and a popular spot for
fishing
during low water. Neosho Falls Waterfall is adjacent to Riverside
Park. |
| Coffeyville, Kansas has the
haunted, 1904 Brown
Mansion. The Dalton Defenders'
Museum,
celebrates the defeat of the Dalton Gang, and Elmwood
Cemetery has their graves The Perkins
Building housed one of the banks they robbed. Learn about the
Funk
airplane
at Coffeyville
Aviation
Heritage Museum. |
New Strawn, Kansas - The Wolf
Creek Generating Station is the only nuclear power plant in
Kansas.
The plant is visible to traffic on Kansas Highway 75 for many miles.
Good
views of the facility are from Strawn Cemetery. |
| Colby, Kansas - The 24 acre Prairie
Museum of Art and History includes a 1930s farmstead, sod
house,
one room school and the Lone Star Church. Mingo GC30
is the world's oldest active geocache |
Newton, Kansas hosts the Carriage
Factory Art Gallery, Harvey
County Historical Museum and Warkentin
House Museum. Also visit the Kauffman
Museum in nearby North Newton. restaurants |
| Columbus, Kansas - The Columbus Museum & Genealogy Library
attempts to take visitors back in time to see Columbus was in the past. |
Nickerson, Kansas - Stay
overnight or just tour Hedrick's
Exotic Animal Farm Bed and Breakfast. Your visit will include a
camel ride and the chance to feed kangaroos and many other animals |
| Colwich, Kansas - St.
Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church is a historic Romanesque
church
which was built from 1903-1906, but has been remodeled and made more
ornate
over the years. St. Mark was added to the National Register of Historic
Places in 1991. |
Nicodemus, Kansas was
established in July of 1877
and was the largest community established by freed slaves following the
Civil War. Nicodemus National Historic Site
is free with a visitor center open Wednesday through Monday. |
| Concordia, Kansas - The restored
Brown
Grand Theatre is reported as haunted. Tour the Motherhouse
of the Sisters of St. Joseph and its Lourdes
Park & Grotto . Camp
Concordia
was a WW2 POW camp. A memorial marks the site of Boston
Corbett Dugout which was the home of the man who killed John
Wilkes
Booth. Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic Church is an unusual, castle shaped church. The National
Orphan Train Complex tells the story of this 19th century
program
for orphans. |
Norton, Kansas is the home of
the free They
Also Ran Gallery, which is devoted to Presidential Candidates
which
lost the election. Nearby, there is a restored, classic Conoco
Station. |
| Cottonwood Falls, Kansas - Take
a few minutes
to enjoy the 1873 Chase County Courthouse, the Cottonwood
River Dam & 1914 Arch Bridge, and beautiful Chase
Lake Falls. Return in April for the annual Prairie
Fire Festival. |
Oakley, Kansas - The free Fick
Museum has large Kansas fossils, old tools, mineral specimens
and
folk art.The Chalk Pyramids
and Little
Jerusalem Badlands are 20 miles south of Oakley. Keystone Gallery
is a fun combination of fossils, art and souvenirs. Smoky
Valley Ranch offers some great hiking trails. |
Council Grove, Kansas - The Kaw
Mission dates from 1851. The Hays
House
restaurant has been in continuous operation since it opened in 1857.
The
Kaw Nation recently opened Allegawaho
Heritage
Memorial Park. Trial Days
Bakery
Cafe is a restaurant and museum. Lake
Kahola Waterfall is one of the most beautiful in Kansas.
|
Ogallah, Kansas - 12 miles south
of Ogallah is
the Cedar Bluffs Reservoir with
its
striking 100 feet tall, cedar covered limestone cliffs. Open year
around
for camping, fishing and a variety of recreational activities. |
| Damar, Kansas - The beautiful,
romanesque St.
Joseph Church was built from limestone quarried at Waldo,
Kansas
from 1913-1917 at a cost of $30,000. The large building with twin 100'
spires dominates the small community. |
Osborne, Kansas - The Geodetic
Center of the contiguous United States is similar to the
Geographic
Center of the United States, but takes into account that the Earth is a
sphere, rather than flat. |
Danville, Kansas - Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church in Danville
was constructed from 1904 to
1907.
|
Olathe, Kansas
- All new Guide to Olathe Attractions
includes such attractions as Mahaffie
Stagecoach Stop & Farm Historic Site, Ensor
Park and Museum, Marra
Museum of Deaf History and Deaf Culture, and Kansas
City Automotive Museum. |
Deerfield,
Kansas - Charlie's Ruts are parallel sets
of Santa Fe Trail wagon swales. The Deerfield
Texaco Service Station is an attractive little classic Texaco gas
station which was built in 1923
|
|
| Delphos, Kansas - The Grace
Bedell Billings: Lincoln's Little Correspondent Monument is
dedicated
to the 11 year old girl who wrote to Abraham Lincoln asking him to let
his whiskers grow. |
Osawatomie, Kansas - Osawatomie
History Museum does a good job of telling the story of the
development
of Osawatomie. The John Brown Museum
contains the cabin of Brown's sister and brother-in-law, a stop on the
Underground Railroad. The Osawatomie
Driving Tour leads visitors to interesting historical sites. Asylum
Bridge, Creamery Bridge &
Osawatomie
Dam. Osawatomie State
Hospital Cemetery. |
| Derby, Kansas - Field
Station: Dinosaurs is the newest Kansas theme park, having
opened
in May 2018. The 14 acre, suburban Wichita park has 44 life sized
animatronic
dinosaurs. |
Oskaloosa, Kansas is the home of
Old
Jefferson Town, a 10 acre park that includes a blacksmith shop,
jail, general store, chapel, school house, Victorian home, and the John
Steuart Curry boyhood home & museum. |
| Dexter, Kansas - Although the
dramatic Waterfall
at Cowley State Fishing Lake is less than 1/4 mile off US
Highway
166, it is virtually unknown and visited by only a few people each day. |
Oswego, Kansas - Little Town
Well in John
A. Mathews Park was the site of one of the first white
settlements
in southeast Kansas. 90 acre Riverside
Park overlooks the historic Neosho Crossing and Neosho River
Falls. |
| Dighton, Kansas - The
Lane County Historical Museum is a small museum with very
nicely
done exhibits. The grounds have a reproduction sod house which was
built
in 1961 and old farm machinery on display. |
Ottawa, Kansas - Ottawa is the
northern terminus
of the 33 mile Prairie Spirit Rail Trail which offers hiking
and
bicycling. Pome on the Range
Orchard
and Winery 6 miles south of Ottawa off I-35 at Exit 176 offers
produce, Kansas foods and wines. The Old
Depot Museum is in a beautiful 1888 building. Franklin
County Courthouse. |
| Dodge City, Kansas - Free, Fort
Dodge (now the Kansas Soldiers' Home) is 5 miles east of
town.
Wagon ruts on the Santa Fe Trail are 9 miles west of town on
Highway
50. Dodge City also has the Boot Hill
Museum,
tiny Wright Park Zoo, historic Mueller-Schmidt
House, poignant Amish Cemetery,
and the 911 Liberty Garden Memorial. |
Overland Park,
Kansas
- Guide to Overland Park
Attractions
includes major attractions such as the The
Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Deanna
Rose Children's Farmstead and the Nerman
Museum of Contemporary Art. |
Dover, Kansas - Echo
Cliff Park , southwest of Dover in an area once known as
Gibbsville,
is cool little park owned by the Echo Cliff Park Trust. The park area
was
cleared the 1920's and eventually deeded to the Dover Grange to be
preserved
for the public.
|
Park, Kansas - Sacred
Heart Catholic Church in tiny Park City has dominated this
western
Kansas countryside since 1923. Today the church steeple is visible from
I-70 for miles. |
Durham,
Kansas - Jason Wiebe Dairy is a family
farm on the Santa Fe Trail near Durham, Kansas which will sell the
cheese at the farm by appointment.
|
Parsons,
Kansas - The Antietam
Circles at Oakwood Cemetery are a must visit for Civil War and
cemetery buffs. The Parsons
Historical Museum and Iron Horse Historical Museum are open May
- October. |
| Edgerton, Kansas - Gieringers
Family Orchard & Berry Farm is a busy "u-pick farm" farm
which
recently added public sunflower fields. |
Partridge, Kansas - The
Potluck is an Amish farm dairy and market, with an Airbnb. |
| El Dorado, Kansas - The Kansas
Oil Museum and Butler County History Center is a museum complex
with a Hall of Fame, oil industry equipment and a recreated oil boom
town
main street. Stapleton #1 Historic
Well
was the site of the first oil strike in the El Dorado Oil Field. |
Pawnee Rock, Kansas - Pawnee
Rock is a sandstone hill that was a landmark near the halfway
point
on the Santa Fe Trail. Today, the rock is topped with memorial markers,
a picnic area and a pergola - a viewing pavilion with a roof top
lookout.
|
Elk Falls, Kansas is a town of
less than 200 people
that bills itself as the World's Largest
Living
Ghost Town. There is an 1893 Iron Truss Bridge and the falls
the
community was named for, an annual Outhouse
Tour, Outhouse Grove,
and
two historic markers devoted to former resident
Prudence Crandall.
|
Pfeifer, Kansas - Holy
Cross Shrine is a magnificent former 1918 post rock church with
a 165' spire. Nearby Holy Cross
Cemetery
has many ornate Volga German iron crosses. |
Elkhart, Kansas - Eight
Mile Corner is the Tristate Point for Kansas, Oklahoma and
Colorado.
It is marked with a brass marker and there is a nearby prairie dog
town.
|
Philipsburg, Kansas - The
Shepherd's Mill is one of only two fiber processing facility in
Kansas. There is an attractive gift shop & the mill shares a wall
with
several windows where the work can be watched. C
& R Railroad Museum is part of the Huck Boyd Community
Center. |
Ellinwood, Kansas - You can tour
the Underground
World, a small remainder of the underground businesses and walkway
that once lay below the downtown. Tours start from the haunted 1894 Wolf
Hotel.
|
Pilsen, Kansas - St.
John Nepomucene Catholic Church is a beautiful church that with
a steeple that stands 111' above the surrounding area. Tours are also
available
of the adjacent museum devoted to Father
Emil J. Kapaun, who has started the process toward being
declared
a saint. |
| Ellis, Kansas has three museums,
the Ellis
Railroad Museum and miniature train, the Walter
P. Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum, and the Bukovina
Society Headquarters and Museum. |
Piqua, Kansas - Beautiful old St
Martin's Church is no longer used for services, but is still
open
to the public for viewing or meditation. Also visit St
Martin's Cemetery behind the church. The Buster
Keaton Museum is open weekdays in the front room of the Piqua
Water
Department. Not bad for a community of about 100 people!
|
| Ellsworth, Kansas - Interesting
places to visit
include the 1873 Ellsworth County
Jail and the Mother
Bickerdyke
Memorial Cemetery with the graves of 32 women who were Civil
War
nurses, widows, or daughters of Civil War veterans. |
Pittsburg, Kansas - Attractions
include Crawford
County Historical Museum, Miners
Memorial, Veterans Memorial
Amphitheater, Nature
Reach, and the Colonial
Fox
Theater. |
| Elsmore, Kansas - Bourbon
Lake Falls, 4 miles east of town is a spectacular seasonal
waterfall
from spring until mid summer. |
Pleasanton, Kansas - Mine
Creek Battlefield was the site of one of the largest cavalry
battles
of the Civil War. The Trading Post
Museum
is located in the Trading Post ghost town. Marais des
Cygnes Massacre is considered the last significant act of
violence
in Bleeding Kansas |
| Emmeram, Kansas - 1901 Sacred
Heart Church was destroyed in a fire on October 12, 1998, but
the
ruins are quite picturesque. |
Pomona, Kansas - Jesse
James Cave is one of the few caves in Kansas where the public
is
welcome to visit.
|
| Emporia, Kansas is famous for
William Allen White,
publisher of the Emporia Gazette,
which has a tiny free museum of old newspaper equipment. Lake
Kahola Waterfall is northwest of town. Red
Rocks, the Emporia
Zoo, Soden's Dam Falls
and Lyon County Historical
Museum, are free, as are the Johnston
Geology Museum, National
Memorial to Fallen Educators & Schmidt
Museum
of Natural History on the campus of Emporia State University. |
Prairie Village, Kansas - A
quiet cul-de-sac near
Corinth Square is the final resting place of Lawrin,
the only Kentucky Derby winning horse to have been bred and raised in
Kansas. Candy
Cane Lane has every house decorated at Christmas. Johnson
County Christmas Tour.
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| Erie, Kansas - The wonderful
metal sculptures
of Dinosaur Not So National Park
have moved to a new Erie Dinosaur
Park.
The first Neosho River Bridge
was constructed in the early 1870s, as was the dam below the bridge. |
Pratt, Kansas - Pratt
Education Center, Aquariums & Fish Hatchery is operated by
the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. Exhibits display both
living
and preserved native birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles. Includes
twelve
400-600 gallon aquariums. Pratt County
Historical Museum is one of the largest local museums in
Kansas.
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Eudora, Kansas - The Eudora
Community Museum is maintained by the Eudora Area Historical
Society
and for several years was located in the former Nottingham Elementary
School
building on the south side of town. Following 2 years of
rehabilitation,
the museum moved into a historic building in downtown Eudora in
2015.
|
Quinter, Kansas - Castle
Rock is about 13 miles south of I-70 near Quinter. Interesting
chalk formation on private range land open to the public. The nearby
"badlands"
is even more interesting. The "Castle" is crumbling with time. Castle
Rock
has very few visitors, but is really something special! |
Eureka, Kansas - The Greenwood
County Historical Society Museum is a significant genealogical
resource for people researching ancestors. During high water, the
Eureka Lake Waterfall is one of the most impressive in the
state. Eureka
Spring was discovered in 1857.
|
Republic, Kansas - The Pawnee
Indian Museum State Historic Site is built around an excavated
1820s Pawnee earth lodge. It was part of a walled community of around
40
lodges with a population of 1,000 Native Americans. |
Fairway, Kansas - The Shawnee
Indian Mission was a Native American school and the territorial
capital where the "bogus laws" were passed. Three buildings date from
1839-45. Shawnee
Methodist Mission Cemetery.
|
Rice, Kansas - The Rice
stone arch bridge was built in 1899 and restored in 1990. A
cottonwood
tree with a circumference of 23 feet stands next to the almost hidden
stone
bridge.
|
| Farlington, Kansas - The Civilian
Conservation Corps Memorial Trail & Museum is a cool
combination
memorial, history trail and museum. |
Richfield, Kansas - Morton
County WPA Bridge was a stone arch bridge which the Works Progress
Administration completed on June 3, 1939. |
| Florence, Kansas - This
community of only 112
people has done a lovely job of restoring the Harvey
House Museum. Open only by appointment. |
Riverton, Kansas - Cruise Historic
Route 66 through southeast Kansas and be sure to stop at Eisler
Bros. Old Riverton Store, a local market since 1925. Empire
Power Dam Falls is the most impressive water feature which I
have
seen in Kansas. |
| Fort Scott, Kansas - Fort
Scott National Cemetery was one of the first 12 National
Cemeteries.
It has many unusual graves. Other attractions include Rock
Creek Lake Waterfall, Fort
Scott National Historic Site, Gordon
Parks Museum, the Gordon
Parks Collection at Mercy Health Center, and trolley
tours
featuring the town's Victorian homes. |
Rose Hill , Kansas - Jurassic
Art has dozens of welded grassroots art creations by Phil
Brinkley. The Rose
Hill Historical Society Museum has two buildings with exhibits and
a former one room schoolhouse.
|
| Franklin, Kansas - The Miners
Hall Museum is built on the site of the Union Hall where the
Amazon
Army marches began in 1921. |
|
Fredonia, Kansas - The 1872 Stone
House is an art gallery is run by the Fredonia Arts Council.
The Wilson
County Historical Museum occupies a 1915 building that was
originally
the Wilson County Jail. Otto's
Mill Falls is on the Fall River south of town. Fredonia
Homecoming
Parade
|
Russell, Kansas - The Gernon
House museum & Heym-Oliver
House are in classic old stone houses. Prairiesta
is a celebration of history, heritage, and culture that has been held
every
ten years since 1941and includes a huge Prairiesta
Parade. The Fossil Station Museum has some
great exhibits.
|
| Galena, Kansas - Galena is the Historic
Route 66 entry to Kansas. Interesting stops include the Galena
Mining and Historical Museum, Gearhead Curios, Schermerhorn
Park and the SouthEast Kansas Nature Center and 4
Women on the Route in a 1930 KanOtex filling station. |
Russell Springs, Kansas - The Butterfield
Trail Museum occupies the former Logan County Courthouse. The
beautiful
renaissance-style building was built from native stone and brick in
1887. |
| Garden City, Kansas - With 300
animals of 100
species, the Lee Richardson
Zoo
is larger than most zoos in Kansas. The Finney
County Historical Museum features permanent and revolving
exhibits,
educational tours and extensive research facilities. |
Sabetha, Kansas - The Albany
Historical Museum has 15 buildings and a large collection of
farm
machinery and antique vehicles. Old Albany Days is held at the
museum
on the weekend following Labor Day. |
| Gardner, Kansas - Gardner
Junction Park is a two acre park which was opened in 2008 to
commemorate
a nearby location where where westward travelers split off the combined
trails onto Santa Fe Trail, California Trail or Oregon Trail. |
St. Benedict, Kansas - The 1894 St.
Mary's Church interior is decorated with so much art that it is
almost too much to take in. |
Garnet, Kansas - The Arthur
Capper Memorial marks the site of the birthplace of Kansas
first
naive born Governor. St. Boniface Catholic Church is
about 6 miles north in Scipio.
|
St. Paul, Kansas - The Osage
Mission - Neosho County Museum sits on the site of the original
Osage Mission. |
| Geneseo, Kansas - The Geneseo City
Museum & UFO Museum occupies the former home of the man
who collected most of the exhibits, Dr. Elmer D. Janzen. |
St. Francis, Kansas - The welded
metal sculptures
created by the late Harvey Walz
are a hoot. See other sculptures at the Cherry
Creek Encampment memorial. Tour St
Francis Motorcycle Museum, Three
Corners, Arikaree Breaks
and Horse Thief Cave. |
| Girard, Kansas - The Girard
History Museum reopened in the 1888 St. John's Episcopal Church
in 2019. The church was originally transformed into a museum in 1975,
but
had been closed for 20 years. |
Schoenchen, Kansas - St.
Anthony Church was built in 1900-1901, using native stone,
quarried
in the area by members of the congregation. |
| Goddard, Kansas - Until
recently, Tanganyika
Wildlife Park was a private zoo near Goddard. Tanganyika opened
to the public in 2008. Lake
Afton Public Observatory is open weekends. |
Salina, Kansas - Has the small,
free Smoky
Hill Museum and an excellent Zoo
& Museum west of town at
Rolling
Hills Wildlife Adventure. The Garage
automobile museum opened in 2022. Indian
Rock Park has
2 waterfalls. The Yesteryear Museum
promotes regional agricultural and cultural heritage. |
| Goessel, Kansas - The Mennonite
Heritage Museum is part of a museum complex established to
preserve
the artifacts and history of early Mennonite farms, schools, churches
and
Bethesda Hospital. |
Scammon, Kansas - Carona
Depot and Railroad Museum is operated by the Heart of the
Heartlands
Railroad Club. |
Goodland, Kansas - Giant Vincent
van Gogh painting stands on an 80 foot easel. Part of the world
wide Big Easel project. The High
Plains
Museum features a replica on the first patented helicopter in
America.
Tour & shop at Olde Westport
Spice.
Drive by the nearby restored White
Eagle
Station and Gulick-Cooper
House.
|
Scandia, Kansas - The Scandia
Museum celebrates the community's Scandinavian heritage and
displays
farm machinery, tools, buggies, war mementos, and primitive tools.
Visitors
will be impressed by the wood carvings by the late Allen D. Larson. |
Great Bend, Kansas - The free, Brit
Spaugh Zoo is open 362 days a year, but the real treat is the
metal,
folk art of local folk artist, Bob Mix.
Migrating birds may be seen in the spring and fall at the nearby Cheyenne
Bottoms Wildlife Area and Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
Christmas
Miracle Village is open weekends Thanksgiving to
Christmas.
|
Scipio, Kansas - The limestone, St.
Boniface Catholic Church was built by German immigrants in
1891,
replacing an earlier wooden church. Always open. |
| Greeley, Kansas - The 1856 Gerth
Cabin was moved next to the 1915 Wagon Bridge over Pottawatomie
Creek. The grounds can be visited anytime and tours are available by
appointment
through the Anderson County Kansas Historical Society. |
Scranton, Kansas - Lyndon
Leaders 4H Club from
Lyndon, Kansas has had public
sunflower
fields near Scranton since at least 2016. |
Greensburg, Kansas - The Big
Well is just one of the symbols of Greensburg's refusal to be
eliminated
by the 1.7 mile wide, EF5 tornado that devastated most of the community
and left 11 people dead. The 5.4.7 Arts
Center is an energy efficient work of art.
|
Scott City, Kansas offers the
free El
Quartelejo Museum. The nearby Lake
Scott State Park includes a 100 acre spring fed lake and the
northern
most Native American pueblo in North America. Battle
Canyon was the site of the last battle between Native Americans
and the Army in Kansas. This Restored
Texaco Station is a free attraction. Little
Jerusalem Badlands State Park is the newest state park in
Kansas. |
| Greenbush, Kansas - The St.
Aloysius Church Historic Site in the unincorporated community
of
Greenbush (near Girard) has a church and a church ruins sitting almost
side by side. |
Sedan, Kansas - In 1967, Sedan,
Kansas honored
its most famous son with a celebration and the opening of the Emmett
Kelly Museum. Visit beautiful Butcher
Falls at the Red Buffalo Ranch,
or the little waterfall at The Hollow
park. |
| Grenola, Kansas - The Grenola
Elevator Museum occupies an old grain elevator and two one room
schoolhouses which were moved to the location. |
Sharon Springs, Kansas - Still
Art Environment has the folk art of Fox Still. |
| Halstead, Kansas - The Kansas
Learning Center for Health has health education programs, a
museum
and Valeda: The Transparent Talking Woman. Riverside
Park was used extensively for scenes in the filming of the 1955
movie, Picnic, staring William Holden, Rosalind Russell and Kim Novak. |
Shawnee, Kansas - Old Shawnee
Town is a seasonal museum complex.Shawnee
Indian Cemetery has graves dating from the 1830s. Pioneer
Crossing park opened in 2006. Shawnee
Mission Park is the most visited park in the entire state of
Kansas. Monticello
Historical Museum includes a driving tour takes you to historic
cemeteries, schools and the site where Wild Bill Hickok lived. |
| Hanover, Kansas - Built in 1858,
Hollenberg
Pony Express Station was a stop for the Pony Express and a way
station for travelers on the Oregon and California Trails. Some people
believe it is haunted. |
South Hutchinson, Kansas - A new
display includes
picnic tables, several markers and the Salt
Discovery Well where in 1887 Ben Blanchard found the salt that
has contributed to the development of Hutchinson and Reno County. |
| Hays, Kansas - The Sternberg
Museum of Natural History displays dinosaur & fish fossils
from the area & life size recreations. Pete Felten's Stone
Gallery is worth a special trip. Fort
Hays has four 19th Century buildings. The Ellis
County Historical Society Museum is nicely done. Boot
Hill Cemetery is where gunfighters those who "died with their
boots
on" were buried. Tour the RANS Designs
aircraft factory. St. Joseph Catholic
Church
is a beautiful stone building. Moss-Thorns
Gallery |
Spearville, Kansas - The 5,000
acre Spearville
Wind Energy Facility produces 148.5 megawatts of electricity. Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church is one of the most ornate churches in
Kansas. |
| Healy, Kansas - The offices of Ehmke
Seed in western Lane County are built in a 42'
diameter
grain bin. The building was converted in 2000 and also serves as a
scale
house, and has guest rooms upstairs. |
St. Joseph, Kansas - St.
Joseph Catholic Church is no longer consecrated, but the
Guardians
of The St. Joseph Church Foundation is preserving the beautiful 1910
brick
church. |
| Hiawatha, Kansas - The most
famous attraction
in Hiawatha, Kansas is the Davis
Memorial,
a $100,000, 1930's tomb sitting in Mount Hope Cemetery. The Brown
County Agriculture Museum exhibits different features of life
on
the farm and 40 windmills. |
St. Marys, Kansas - The
centerpiece of the St.
Marys Indian Pay Station Museum complex is the 1857 Indian
agency
building for the Potawatomi Indians, which was used as a Pay Station
for
payments from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
| Highland, Kansas - The Iowa
and Sac & Fox Mission is now only open for viewing the
grounds.
The former Native American Heritage Museum, which operated in the
mission,
closed in 2008. |
Strong City, Kansas - The 11,000
acre Tallgrass
Prairie National Preserve is mostly owned by the Nature
Conservancy,
with just a few acres under the control of the National Park Service. |
| Hill City, Kansas - Graham County Auto and Arts Museum
opened in the spring of 2021 in an old service station, with two
attached
buildings. |
Studley, Kansas - Cottonwood
Ranch is a Kansas State Historic Site along US Highway 24. |
Hillsboro, Kansas - The Mennonite
Settlement Museum is a city run museum complex devoted to the
regional
Mennonite heritage. The complex consists of a small museum & gift
shop,
the Pioneer Adobe House, Friesen Dutch Windmill, and Kreutziger School
House.
|
Sylvan Grove, Kansas - South
Fork Spillman Creek Double Arch Bridge was built in 1908 with
limestone
rocks which were quarried in the nearby hills. |
|
Talmage,
Kansas - The Talmage Historical Society and
Museum collects and preserves pictures and artifacts from the early
days of the Talmage community.
|
Hoisington, Kansas - At least
twelve previously
unmarked graves in Hoisington City
Cemetery
are marked with hand crafted folk art concrete and wire gravestones
which
were created by local grassroots artist, Phil Webb.
|
Tonganoxie, Kansas - The Tonganoxie
Community Historical Society Museum is a 4 building complex
which
includes a church and a schoolhouse which were relocated to the
museum. |
| Horton, Kansas - Werner
Wagon Works & Guest House is a unique piece of Kansas
Americana.
Don Werner is one of the rare, non Amish wagon makers and his shop is
open
to the public daily with tours available by appointment. |
Topeka,
Kansas
- Things to do in Topeka lists
over
20 attractions and events. Highlights: Evel
Knievel Museum, Topeka
Cemetery, Kansas
Museum of History, Combat
Air Museum, Museum
of the Kansas National Guard, Topeka
Zoo, Brown v. Board of Education
National
Historic Site, Capitol
Building
Tours, Zoo Lights, Fire
Hydrant Garden and Topeka
Christmas Light Tour. restaurants specialty food |
| Hope,
Kansas - The Hope Community Historical Museum
is dedicated to preserving the history and culture of its community.
The Historical Society has managed to include a lot in this two room
former church! |
Towanda,
Kansas - The Towanda Area Historical Museum
preserves the history, artifacts and other memorabilia of the northwest
corner of Butler County, Kansas. Paradise
Doll Museum Hospital has 7,000 dolls.
|
| Howard,
Kansas - The welded
metal sculptures of Hubble's
Rubble include odd vehicles, animals and cartoon characters.
the
6 building Benson Historical Museum
is open by appointment. |
Ulysses, Kansas - The Grant
County Adobe Museum features historical artifacts and exhibits
that tell the story of life on the High Plains. |
|
Valley
Falls, Kansas - The Historical Shrine Church in
Valley Falls is believed to have been the first Lutheran Church built
west of the Missouri River. |
| Hoxie, Kansas - The Sheridan
County Historical Society & Mickey's Museum was started by
hardware store and the main building was built as a replica of an early
hardware store. |
Victoria, Kansas - The "Cathedral
of the Plains" is St. Fidelis Church, just south of
I-70
in Victoria, Kansas. Open free to the public 365 days a year, and
serving
mass each day. St. Fidelis Cemetery
has interesting old iron "Volga" crosses. |
| Humboldt, Kansas - The Lewis
R Howland Collection at the Humboldt
Historical Museum has displays are devoted to baseball
players
George Sweatt & Walter Johnson. Neosho
Valley Woodworks is a master artist's studio, furniture &
millwork
shop, and living museum Since 1957, Biblesta
is the October bible parade. |
Wallace, Kansas - The Fort
Wallace Museum in Wallace, Kansas is pretty impressive for the
size and quality of the museum in a town of only 56 people. |
| Hutchinson,
Kansas - Hutchinson
Attractions & Restaurants has a
guide
with many things to do. Highlights include the Kansas
Underground Salt Museum, Kansas
State Fair, Kansas
State Mennonite Relief Sale, Lost
Acres Ranch, and the Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center - a world class space museum! |
WaKeeney, Kansas - The Trego
County Historical Society Museum in WaKeeney, Kansas was
dedicated
in June 1975. The museum has grown twice - in 1997 when the Pleasant
Valley
School was moved to the museum grounds and in 2015 when a 7,200 square
foot addition doubled the gallery space. |
Independence, Kansas - Visit the
Independence
Historical Museum, Ralph
Mitchell
Zoo & Independence
Science and Technology Center. A replica of the Little
House on the Prairie may be the most
famous attraction in the area. The Inge
Festival
brings together theatre professionals each April. Neewollah
is the 8 - 10 day Halloween festival.
|
Wamego, Kansas - The haunted Columbian
Theater is a 1895 music hall which has murals and furnishings
from
the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The OZ
Museum is devoted to the magical world created by L. Frank Baum. |
| Inman, Kansas - The Inman
Museum is normally only open on Sunday afternoons, but they are
so serious about trying to make the museum available to everyone that
they
have a list of 11 names and phone numbers on the door to call to see
museum. |
Wellington, Kansas - The Panhandle
Railroad Museum is a neat private collection of railroad
memorabilia
in an even neater old stone building which was a coal gasification
plant
from 1886-1906. The National Depression Glass Association opened their National
Glass Museum in 2012. |
| Iola, Kansas - The Allen
County Old
Jail Museum was an active jail from 1859 until 1958. The Buster
Keaton Celebration is two days of presentations, interviews,
panels
and some videos devoted to early motion pictures. |
West Mineral, Kansas - Big
Brutus near West Mineral was the world's second largest
electric
mining shovel when it was in operation in the 1960s and 70s. Now it is
a tourist attraction. It is 160 feet tall and weights 11 million
pounds. |
| Jamestown, Kansas - The Jim
Elliott "Clock Tower Bridge" north of town is a cool photo opportunity.
I put "clock tower bridge" in quotations, because although that is what
everyone calls it, it isn't a bridge. |
Weskan, Kansas - The highest
point in Kansas -
some people would describe Mount
Sunflower
as a barely noticeable rise in the middle of a field on a ranch 1/2
mile
from the Colorado border. But they would lack vision. |
| Jetmore, Kansas - The Haun Museum
was organized in 1965. There is a small complex of stone buildings and
a building that is a gallery for larger items such as early wheeled
fire equipment. |
Wetmore, Kansas - This small
community has both Spring
Creek Classics a private classic car museum and Rock
and Critter Garden grassroots arts environment. |
| Jewell, Kansas - The Palmer
Museum is an attractive small museum in the same building as
the Jewell
Public Library. |
White Cloud, Kansas is known for
the Four
State Lookout and for its small monument to Wilbur
Chapman who inspired the use of piggy banks to raise money for the
American Leprosy Missions. The 40th Parallel Marker is 2.5
miles north of town.
|
| Johnson City, Kansas - The Stanton
County Museum is a 6 building complex anchored by a handsome
native
stone structure which was built by the WPA in 1935. |
Wichita,
Kansas
- Things to do in Wichita has over 30
attractions
& over a third of them free. Highlights include the Sedgwick
County Zoo, Wichita Art
Museum, Keeper
of the Plains, Botanica, Museum
of World Treasures, Wichita
- Sedgwick County Historical Museum, Kansas
Aviation Museum & Holmes
Museum of Anthropology |
| Junction City, Kansas - Milford
Nature Center has hands on exhibits and many live animals. Fort
Riley has museums & monuments, and the first capital of the
State of Kansas. The Geary County
Historical
Museum occupies an attractive 1906 limestone building. Hildebrand
Farms Dairy has a farm store and tours. |
Williamsburg, Kansas - Pome
on the Range Orchard and Winery near Williamsburg, Kansas
offers
produce, fruits, cider, baked goods, Kansas specialty foods and wines.
Just off I-35. |
| Kanopolis,
Kansas - The Fort
Harker Guardhouse Museum Complex is operated by the Ellsworth
County
Historical Society. Four buildings have been preserved from the fort
which
operated from 1866 to 1873. |
Wilmore, Kansas - Pull up to the
carousel
and honk your horn. If available, the Griffins or a neighbor come out
to
open and operate the carousel at no charge. |
| Kanorado, Kansas - The Kanorado
Community Museum in Kanorado, Kansas is a nice little museum
a community with a population of 150. It normally is only open by
appointment. |
Wilson, Kansas - The Czech
Capital of Kansas has
over 24 limestone buildings from
the turn of the 20th century and the World's
Largest Czech Egg. Kansas Originals Market at I-70 exit
206 has products from over 500 Kansas artists, craftsmen, and food
producers. St.
Wenceslaus Church is lovely! |
| Kansas
City,
Kansas - The Huron
Indian Cemetery was started in 1843. St
John the Baptist Catholic Church and the Strawberry
Hill Museum and Sauer
Castle are nearby. Kansas
City T-Bones professional baseball. Quindaro
was an important station on the Underground Railroad. Rosedale
Arch is a WWI memorial. Jack
Wyatt
Piano Museum, Clendening
History of Medicine Museum restaurants specialty food |
Winfield, Kansas - Walnut
Valley Festival hosts international acts, championships for
instrumental
performance such as bluegrass banjo & old time fiddle, and well
over
100 food, crafts and music venders. |
| Kensington, Kansas - The Something Old
Something New wedding dress museum collection goes back to
the early 1900s and the dresses are organized by the decade. |
Yoder, Kansas - This small
farming community south
of Hutchinson is largely made up of Mennonite and Amish families. Yoder
Meats sells many unusual cuts and types of meats. It is across
the street from the Carriage
Crossing Restaurant. |
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