Follow the smoke. You’ll find the fire. It’s our hearts blazing with devotion for what makes life good. Saucy zeal for smoked local flavor. Endless support of our teams. Remembrance of momentous clashes that changed our nation forever. Rolling landscapes and glacier-made hills that are the…
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You’re Invited To A Land Of Free Spirits—Southeast Kansas, A Corner Of The State That’s Always Throwing Delightful Curves. Southeast Kansas is downright cool, and people are catching on. In 2022, The New York Times named Humboldt one of 52 Places for a Changed World, citing the work of A Bolder…
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Get glimpses of a time when grasslands covered much of Kansas—and the continent "The unspoiled, nearly treeless expanses of the Flint Hills represent a natural beauty not found anywhere else." Photography by Blaine Moats Things To Do Feel the wind in your face and watch smoke from a prairie fire…
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As you drive along Kansas’ main west-east stretch, pull off at these nearby attractions to see the state through history’s rearview mirror. Photography by Zach Bauman PRAIRIE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY COLBY Indoor and outdoor exhibits shed light on pioneer life. See the Cooper Barn (Kansas’…
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Horse around at the C.W. Parker Carousel Museum in Leavenworth by riding the ponies of a restored 1913 model made by Parker’s then-world-famous local company. Singer Melissa Etheridge, a Leavenworth native, donated a vintage band organ. The military town’s diverse culinary scene includes First Taste…
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The Game Deer and antelope play on the Kansas range, including mule deer, white-tailed deer and pronghorn, a species unique to North America. Elk, common in presettlement Kansas, virtually vanished by 1900 but have since made a comeback in free-range herds. If birds are more your game, the…
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You may think you’re not in Kansas anymore at Arikaree Breaks, a rugged expanse in northern Cheyenne County, where plains give way to yucca-studded gorges and gullies formed by windswept deposits. Take a good look at these badlands, which stretch for 36 miles. Coffee breaks draw crowds in nearby St…
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Road-trippers normally dread close encounters with tow trucks, but not at Cars on the Route in Galena. Stop by to see Tow Tater, the 1951 International boom truck that provided vehicular inspiration for Tow Mater in Disney·Pixar’s animated classic Cars. Just down the street, Gearhead Curios, located…
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You can earn a master’s degree in Kansas culture by exploring this region’s wide and impressive range of rural and urban experiences. Go on field trips to natural habitats for up-close studies in biology and zoology. Take multiple-choice taste tests in gastronomy and mixology. Learn about avian…
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Talk about wide-open spaces. The southwest quadrant of Kansas (22 counties) is no faux frontier—it’s the real deal. The region carries on the centuries-old legacy of explorers and pioneers who trekked its expanse. In 1865, when the U.S. Army established Fort Dodge along the Santa Fe Trail (near…
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