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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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MARSH ARCH RAINBOW BRIDGE

Rainbow Arch Bridge

Marsh arch bridge lovers will love seeing this lovely one archer. Look…

📍 Duquoin, Harper County

GAS STATION

Ralph's Service

Some might remember hearing the bell ring when you pulled into a…

📍 Blue Mound, Linn County

HISTORIC BRIDGE

Randolph Bridge

The mile-long stringer bridge, completed in 1960, carries vehicles across the Big…

📍 Randolph, Riley County

HISTORIC SCHOOL

Rapp School

Built in 1929, the red-brick, one-room, eight-grade schoolhouse finally closed in 1959…

📍 Osage City, Osage County

ARCHITECTURE

Rathert Stadium

Built in 1938 by the WPA, this stone stadium with old-time wooden…

📍 Junction City, Geary County

RESTAURANT

Rattlesnake Grill Co.

If The Kansas Gastronomist raves about your smash burger, it's probably going…

📍 Dodge City, Ford County

COUNTY SEAT WAR

Ravanna Ruins Scenic Back Road

From a distance, the vertical stone ruins of the Ravanna school look…

📍 Garden City, Finney County

SCENIC DRIVE

Ravanna to Eminence Scenic Back Road

From K-156, 7 miles north on K-23, 3 1/2 miles west and…

📍 Finney County

COURTHOUSE

Rawlins County Courthouse

At the front of this red-brick 1907 Romanesque Revival courthouse, the impressive…

📍 Atwood, Rawlins County

MUSEUM

Rawlins County Museum

Rawlins County native Rudolph Wendelin created the stunning and masterful 20x10-foot mural…

📍 Atwood, Rawlins County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS CUSTOMS

Ray's Pharmacy

Choose any one of the 13 shiny stools with red leather seats…

📍 Quinter, Gove County

HISTORIC JAIL

Reading Historic Jail

The original wooden jail built in 1870 sits under the water tower.…

📍 Reading, Lyon County

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