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MUSEUM

Whitetails & Wildlife Museum

Max Rickerson is the force behind this taxidermy collection, one of the…

📍 Humboldt, Allen County

CUSTOMS

Whittle and Argue Club Summer Annex…

Take a seat on the Whittle and Argue Club Summer Annex bench…

📍 Eureka, Greenwood County

CARNIVAL RIDES

Wichita County Amusement Association Carnival

Carnival rides and games for only 25 cents! Area folks operating the…

📍 Leoti, Wichita County

HISTORY

Wide Main Street

Why is Main wide enough to double park in the middle? Before…

📍 Holyrood, Ellsworth County

SANTA FE TRAIL

Wide Street

Settled in 1858, Burlingame immediately took advantage of freight wagon traffic traveling…

📍 Burlingame, Osage County

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Widest Main Street

Known as the widest main street in the United States and once…

📍 Plains, Meade County

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Wild Dala Horses

In Sweden, 18th-century lumberjacks carved small Dala horses in their off hours…

📍 Lindsborg, McPherson County

WILD HORSES

Wild Mustangs

You might have glimpsed a wild mustang as you drove north on…

📍 Teterville, Greenwood County

CUSTOMS

Windmill City

Isabel was once known as the Windmill City because of the many…

📍 Isabel, Barber County

QUILT TRAIL

Woodson County Quilt Trail

The Woodson County Quilt Trail group has placed large, colorful quilt blocks…

📍 Yates Center, Woodson County

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Ball of Twine

The world's largest ball of sisal twine is found downtown under a…

📍 Cawker City, Mitchell County

WORLD'S LARGEST

World's Largest Belt Buckle

Climb the stairs and step up to the top of the World’s…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

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