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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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ARCHITECTURE

Historic Topeka Cemetery

The hillside mausoleums and the 1895 Civil War memorial are impressive landmarks…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

HISTORIC STRUCTURE

Historic Vickers Station

Fill up with Haysville information at this 1956 former Vickers service station.…

📍 Haysville, Sedgwick County

HISTORIC GAS STATION

Historic White Eagle Station

In 2011 Rod Cooper moved this 1928 stucco gas station 17 miles…

📍 Goodland, Sherman County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ARCHITECTURE FINALIST

Historic Windsor Hotel

Once called the 'Waldorf of the Prairies,' this massive 1887 four-story hotel…

📍 Garden City, Finney County

ARCHITECTURE

Historical Driving Tour

Girard's history awaits you on this tour, which includes the 1887 home…

📍 Girard, Crawford County

DRIVING TOURS

Historical Driving Tours

Self-guided tour brochures for each quadrant of the county are available at…

📍 Eureka, Greenwood County

ARCHITECTURE

Historical Markers Tour

Architectural driving or walking tours highlight some of Abilene's finest historic structures…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

HISTORIC BARN

Historical Structures

The striking 1886 limestone horse barn, known as the Henneberg Barn, is…

📍 Wheaton, Pottawatomie County

MUSEUM

Hodgden House Museum

The museum complex is on the two-block site of the original commercial…

📍 Ellsworth, Ellsworth County

COURTHOUSE

Hodgeman County Courthouse

The Haun family donated the land for the courthouse square, and in…

📍 Jetmore, Hodgeman County

CURIOSITY

Hoglund Dugout

We doubt you'd like to live and raise your family in a…

📍 Lindsborg, McPherson County

ARCHITECTURE

Hoisington High School and Stadium

The native limestone stadium was a 1937 WPA project, which was followed…

📍 Hoisington, Barton County

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