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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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PERFORMING CENTER

Topeka Performing Arts Center

Touring Broadway shows, dance companies, symphonies, popular singers, and entertainers offer stirring…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

ZOO

Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center

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

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

SCULPTURE

Tornado Cowboy

A bit of humor is needed when devastation cuts into a community.…

📍 Greensburg, Kiowa County

TORNADO MEMORIAL

Tornado of 1955 Memorial

On May 25, 1955, Udall was wiped out by a vicious tornado,…

📍 Udall, Cowley County

TORNADO REMNANT

Tornado Remains

Several fragments and noticeable damage are still visible from the 2007 tornado.…

📍 Greensburg, Kiowa County

LAKE

Toronto Lake and Cross Timbers State…

The cross timbers of the Chautauqua Hills is an old, even ancient,…

📍 Toronto, Woodson County

PIZZA

Tossed n Sauced Pizza

They’ve been tossing dough and saucing it right for over 30 years…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

MUSEUM

Towanda Area Historical Museum

Formerly a Masonic lodge, this two-story limestone building now preserves area heritage.…

📍 Towanda, Butler County

RESTAURANT

Town and County Cafe

Town and Country is a classic old roadside diner serving daily specials.…

📍 Florence, Marion County

ART

Town Entrance Sign

The town is proud of its sunflowers! Big, cheery metal helianthuses pop…

📍 Minneola, Clark County

MEMORIAL

Town Founder

As you cross the Solomon River on Mill (becomes K-106), notice the…

📍 Minneapolis, Ottawa County

PEOPLE

Town Monument

A large limestone marker at the City Park entrance bears the town…

📍 Muscotah, Atchison County

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