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Wicked witches and yellow-brick roads, pitched battles over slavery and tornadoes powerful enough to pulverize entire towns are some of the more vivid images of Kansas. But the common image – amber waves of grain from north to south and east to west – is closer to modern reality.

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  • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas.

    Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

    Kansas

    This 11,000-acre national preserve, 2 miles northwest of Strong City, is a perfect place to hike the prairie, with its 40 miles of scenic trails. Bison…

  • The grounds at Fort Larned National Historic Site.

    Fort Larned National Historic Site

    Kansas

    Six miles west of town, Fort Larned National Historic Site is a remarkably well-preserved 1860s fort in an evocative setting. It's well worth the trip to…

  • Cosmosphere

    Cosmosphere

    Kansas

    Possibly the most surprising sight in Kansas, this amazing museum captures the race to the moon better than any museum on the planet. Absorbing displays…

  • Garden of Eden

    Garden of Eden

    Kansas

    In 1907 Samuel Dinsmoor began filling his yard with enormous concrete sculptures reflecting his eccentric philosophies relating to contemporary life and…

  • Old Cowtown Museum

    Old Cowtown Museum

    Kansas

    An open-air museum that re-creates the Wild West (as seen on TV…). Over 50 pioneer-era buildings, staged gunfights (April to October) and guides in cowboy…

  • Eisenhower Presidential Center

    Eisenhower Presidential Center

    Kansas

    Fittingly set against a backdrop of grain elevators, the rather regal Eisenhower Presidential Center includes Ike's boyhood home, a recently redesigned…

  • Home on the Range Cabin

    Home on the Range Cabin

    Kansas

    The iconic song of the American West, 'Home on the Range,' was written by Brewster M Higley in 1871 at a remote cabin in northern Kansas. Today you can…

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