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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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SHOP STOPS

Batson's Drug Store and Family Market

When the town's grocery store closed, Batson's drugstore added groceries to its…

📍 Howard, Elk County

EVENTS

Bean Feed Capital of Kansas

Erie is famous for its annual Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion, a…

📍 Erie, Neosho County

CUSTOMS

Bean Feed Pipes

You'll see more than 50 black iron kettles, used each year for…

📍 Erie, Neosho County

CEMETERY

Beni Israel Cemetery

From N. 1400 (Old K-10), 1 mile south on 2011. German Jewish…

📍 Eudora, Douglas County

BOOKSTORE

Best Cellars Wine, Books & Gifts

Dodge City finally has a bookstore it serves—but it's also become a…

📍 Dodge City, Ford County

LOCAL ICONS

Bicycles Everywhere!

Much like the Dala horses in Lindsborg or the Ornate Box Turtles…

📍 Osawatomie, Miami County

BIG THINGS

Big Chair

Bring your friends (up to 8!) and take a seat in the…

📍 Concordia, Cloud County

COFFEE

Big City Scoops

Craving a buzz or a brain freeze? We’ve got hot coffee and…

📍 Clyde, Cloud County

ICE CREAM AND/OR CUSTARD

Bird's Creamery

The specialty here is homemade hard-scooped ice cream and scratch made pizza.…

📍 Wamego, Pottawatomie County

SIGNAGE

Bison Signage

Bison is proud of its name. Notice the bison-shaped street signs and…

📍 Bison, Rush County

LOCAL ICONS

Black Squirrel City & Black Squirrels…

The story goes that a pair of black squirrels came to town…

📍 Marysville, Marshall County

BREWERY

Blood Orchard Brewing Co.

Back in the day, Haysville was known as the Peach Capital of…

📍 Wichita, Sedgwick County

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