Top 10 Places
(Pictures and places in bold are places I have been to.)
10. Kansas’ portion of old Route 66
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- Kan-O-Tex Service Station & Diner in Galena
- Eisler Brothers General Store in Riverton
- Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge in Riverton
- Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station in Baxter Springs
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9. Lindsborg “Little Sweden USA”
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- Downtown: Wild Dala Horse Herd, Fitz Overalls Ghost Sign inside The Ivory Thimble, and City Hall
- Restaurants: Blacksmith Coffee Shop & Roastery with Swedish Phone Booth, The White Peacock Tea & Coffee Company, and Crown & Rye
- History: 1904 World’s Fair Swedish Pavilion, McPherson County Old Mill Museum, and Stenhuset
- Art: Small World Gallery, Birger Sandzén Memorial Art Gallery, and Red Barn Studio Museum
- Shopping: Hemslojd, Trollslanda Toy Store, and The Good Merchant
- Nearby: Mushroom Rock State Park, Coronado Heights Castle, and Hoglund Dugout
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8. Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison
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- Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
- Amelia Earhart Memorial Statue
- Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum
- Amelia Earhart Earthwork
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7. Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area (partially in Missouri)
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- Constitution Hall and Ritchie House Underground Railroad (Topeka)
- Quindaro Underground Railroad Museum (Kansas City, Kansas)
- Black Jack Battlefield from the Kansas-Missouri Border War
- Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie
- Marais des Cygnes Massacre State Historic Site
- Thematically related: Nicodemus National Historic Site
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6. Wichita
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- Keeper of the Plains sculpture
- Old Cowtown Museum
- Wichita Art Museum
- Frank Lloyd Wright Allen House
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5. Topeka
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- Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
- Kansas State Capitol Building
- Great Overland Station – Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot Museum
- Equality House
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4. Santa Fe Trail Shortgrass Prairie
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- Santa Fe Trail Shortgrass Prairie
- Santa Fe Trail Tracks
- Santa Fe Trail Tracks Trail
- Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Plaques
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3. Dodge City
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- Boot Hill Museum
- Old Dodge City National Historic District – Trail of Fame
- Historic Santa Fe Depot
- Mueller-Schmidt House – Home of Stone
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2. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
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- Bottomlands Nature Trail (0.9 miles)
- Spring Hill Ranch
- Southwind Nature Trail (2.9 miles)
- Lower Fox Creek School
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1. Monument Rocks-Kansas Badlands
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- Monument Rocks (Chalk Pyramids) (private land – 0.9 mile trail)
- Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park – Life on the Rocks Trail (2.4 miles)
- Smoky Valley Ranch (Nature Conservancy – 1.4 miles short loop or 5.3 big loop)
- Little Pyramids
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State Info
A) State Nicknames
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- The Sunflower State
- The Wheat State
- The Central State
- The Cyclone State
- The Battleground of Freedom
- Bleeding Kansas
- The Jayhawk State
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B) State Symbols
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- Flower: Sunflower (Helianthus)
- Bird: Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Tree: Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
- Song: “Home on the Range”
- Animal: American buffalo (Bison americanus)
- Grass: Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Mineral: Galena
- Fish: Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
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C) Major Metros
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- Overland Park-Kansas City (suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri)
- Wichita
- Topeka (state capital)
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D) Just for Fun
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- Dorothy’s House and the Land of Oz in Liberal
- OZ Museum in Wamego
- Little House on the Prairie Museum
- Sunflower Fields of Kansas
- Smallville (sure, it doesn’t actually exist, but who cares!)
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E) Historic Sites
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- Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, & Boyhood Home
- Fort Larned National Historic Site
- Fort Scott National Historic Site
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F) Iconic Foods
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- Burnt Ends
- Barbecue Ribs
- Z-Man brisket sandwich
- Hearty Beef & Cabbage Pockets (Bierocks)
- Bread
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G) Famous People
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- Amelia Earhart
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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