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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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SODA FOUNTAIN

The West Pharm

You can still order the old soda fountain favorites—shakes, malts, sodas, sundaes—but…

📍 Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County

ZOO

Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center

From hand-feeding a giraffe to laughing at monkey mischief, you'll come for…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

CATTLE TRAIL

Trail City

A quarantine law against Texas trail cattle, passed by the Kansas legislature…

📍 Coolidge, Hamilton County

BREWERY

Transport Brewery

Whether you're a local or just passing through, Transport Brewery is a…

📍 Gardner, Johnson County

HISTORY

Tree of Knowledge

The tree depicted in the mural has been part of the town's…

📍 Perry, Jefferson County

CURIOSITY

Truckhenge

Grassroots artist and avant-garde thinker Ron Lessman will entertain you as you…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

THEATRE

Twilight Theatre & Community Auditorium

The curtains have risen on this plush new theatre that shows first-run…

📍 Greensburg, Kiowa County

MOTORCYCLE

Twisted Oz Motorcycle Museum

An old body shop has a new look with added historic features…

📍 Augusta, Butler County

ARCHITECTURE

Underground Tunnel Tours

In the 1880s the town was populated by German immigrants who, in…

📍 Ellinwood, Barton County

VETERANS MEMORIAL

Veteran Monuments

Veterans are respectfully honored with many memorials throughout Emporia. Civil War Veterans…

📍 Emporia, Lyon County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS CUSTOMS

Veterans Day Founder

Alvin King, an Emporia shoe salesman whose nephew had died in combat…

📍 Emporia, Lyon County

AVIATION

Vinland Valley Aerodrome

A marker in the northwest corner of town recognizes Delbert Chanay who…

📍 Vinland, Douglas County

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