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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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BACK ROAD

Skyline-Mill Creek Scenic Back Road

Stone buildings, wall remnants, and the wooded areas along the creek are…

📍 Wabaunsee County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ARCHITECTURE

Skyscraper of the Plains

When this four-story stone building with 13-foot ceilings was completed in 1890…

📍 Ness City, Ness County

COURTHOUSE

Smith County Courthouse

Start in this 1920 limestone courthouse to explore Smith Center and the…

📍 Smith Center, Smith County

HISTORY

Smith-Hollingsworth-Thomas Log House

This log cabin is the only visual reminder of the town's early…

📍 Oswego, Labette County

MUSEUM

Smoky Hill Museum

Housed in a 1938 art deco post office, the museum brings Salina…

📍 Salina, Saline County

MARSH ARCH RAINBOW BRIDGE

Soden's Grove Bridge

The 1923 Marsh rainbow single-arch bridge (pedestrian traffic only) is a great…

📍 Emporia, Lyon County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Sol Miller Building

Sol Miller, who founded the Kansas Chief newspaper in 1857, constructed the…

📍 White Cloud, Doniphan County

POST OFFICE

Soldier Post Office

The double-arch entrance of the current post office (a former bank) matches…

📍 Soldier, Jackson County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

Erected in 1924 to commemorate the sacrifice of the men of Wyandotte…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County

MUSEUM

Souder's Historical Museum

In the 1960s Floyd and Norma Souder began preserving the area's history…

📍 Cheney, Sedgwick County

GRAIN ELEVATORS

Soukup and Kyner Elevators

North and south side of the railroad tracks nearest E. Although no…

📍 Wilson, Ellsworth County

ARCHITECTURE

South Barber School

South Barber School, a red-brick art deco structure, was built in 1935.…

📍 Kiowa, Barber County

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