Kansas
Where can you find dinosaur bones, moon rocks, award winning elderberry wine, great works of art, and the perfect fishing hole? Where can you see bison grazing on open prairie that still bears the deeply cut grooves of pioneer wagon wheels? Where can you discover all of this and more in one place? Where else but Kansas. Featured Lakes
Explore Kansas
Russell Stover Factory Outlet
10,000-square-foot factory outlet store, has a video that plays all the time, to show you how the candy is made.
Abilene, KS Factory OutletsTerritorial Capitol
In 1855, the nation wept for "Bleeding Kansas"
Fort Riley, KS Historic BuildingsPlainville Township Lake
Plainville Township Lake is not only a popular fishing spot, but is also the site of the cities annual July 4 fireworks display. Local and area people provide their own displays to compliment the program.
Plainville, KS RecreationWorld's Largest Ball of Twine
One of the world's largest balls of twine is displayed in a shelter house in downtown Cawker City on Highway 24. In 1953, Frank Stoeber, a thrifty local farmer started the ball with used twine from bales of hay. By 1973
Cawker City, KS One Of A KindsStutz Fire Engine
Purchased by the City of Seneca in 1922, this fire engine was placed into service as part of the community's firefighting equipment. In 1976, the Seneca Volunteer Fire Department restored the engine which is on display at 6th and Main Street in Seneca.
Seneca, KS MuseumsRoniger Memorial Museum
The Roniger Brothers, Frank and George, were born in Highland, Madison County, Illinois. They came to Chase County, Kansas, in 1885.
The museum was built to house the Roniger collection of Indian artifacts and other Chase County historical articles and artifacts.
The Roniger Brothers'
Cottonwood Falls, KS Museums1878 Sage Inn & Stagecoach Station
Old stone country inn was built in 1865 along Mission Creek where wagons could ford the stream (about 15 miles southwest of Topeka, Kansas). In 1878
Dover, KS Historic BuildingsGhost Riders of the Chisholm Trail Silhouette
The "Ghost Riders of the Chisholm Trail" are life-size cattle drive figures on stoney bluff astride the real Chisholm Trail. The "Ghosts" will forever remind us of the great cattle drives, 1866-1886
Caldwell, KS ArtsWinchester Jail
Built in 1909, this jail came from the town of Winchester, Kansas. Since it was not fireproof, it was never locked. It was a place for drunks and tramps to sleep. The jail was a meeting place for the city council, police court and voting.
Oskaloosa, KS Pioneer LifeRock Island Depot
In April, 1888, the first train with goods other than construction materials arrived at the end of the new Rock Island line in Liberal, Kansas.
Liberal, KS Railroad History