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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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LIBRARY

Public Library and Bookworm

Worthy of a photo is the charismatic wooden bookworm greeting visitors at…

📍 Kinsley, Edwards County

RESTAURANT

Pullman Place Family Restaurant

Breakfasts, luncheon specials, and burgers taste great inside this old brick building…

📍 Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

CITY HALL

Pump House Transformation

The building was originally the pump house for the hand-dug well. The…

📍 Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County

NATURE

Purple Martin Capital of Kansas

Parsons is the Purple Martin Capital of Kansas, and houses for these…

📍 Parsons, Labette County

HISTORIC HOME(S)

Pusch-Randell House

This 1904 Queen Anne two-and-a-half-story brick home was built with many angles…

📍 Marysville, Marshall County

BIKE HIKE TRAIL

Quartzite Park Trail

This new park is still under development but part of it is…

📍 Lincoln, Lincoln County

LIBRARY

Quayle Bible Collection

Collins Library, Baker campus. Housed inside a replica late-17th-century English country manor…

📍 Baldwin City, Douglas County

HISTORIC HOME(S)

Queen Anne Style Home

Built by farmer O.W. Francis in 1909, this lovely home on the…

📍 Burr Oak, Jewell County

CEMETERY

Quenemo Oak Hill Cemetery

Oak trees dominate the valley view from Oak Hill Cemetery. The cemetery…

📍 Quenemo, Osage County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Quindaro Ruins and Overlook

From the overlook you see an area that once was Quindaro, a…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County

CURIOSITY

Quinter

With an elevation of 2,665, Quinter is the half-mile-high city.

📍 Quinter, Gove County

DISC GOLF

Quivira Disc Golf

This moderately hilly, wooded course of more than 4,500 feet has eighteen…

📍 Marquette, McPherson County

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