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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORY

Wooden Windmill

It's a rare one, and an original, and it once stood at…

📍 Lakin, Kearny County
CEMETERY

Woodlawn Cemetery

From Madison, ¾ mile west on K-68. The 36-foot-tall granite obelisk marks…

📍 Pomona, Franklin County
PARK

Workman Park Drinking Fountain

In Workman Park an old-fashioned drinking fountain stands beside a 1945 plaque…

📍 Lyons, Rice County
ART

World's Largest Souvenir Travel Plate

In 2006 Erika Nelson cooked up a visually pleasing spread of Lucas's…

📍 Lucas, Russell County
ART GALLERY

World's Largest Things Roadside Sideshow Expo

Inimitable artist Erika Nelson opened a one-of-a-kind museum featuring her World’s Largest…

📍 Lucas, Russell County
MUSEUM

Wyandotte County Historical Museum

County history is told through a range of exhibits featuring such topics…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County
HISTORY

Zebulon Pike Plaza

The plaza commemorates Captain Pike crossing the Pawnee River near present Larned…

📍 Larned, Pawnee County

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