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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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MURAL

Whole Wall Mural

WWII German POWs, orphan train riders, coal miners, and beehive kilns are…

📍 Concordia, Cloud County

ART MUSEUM

Wichita Art Museum

Cross an enthralling walkway of brightly colored, intermingled glasswork by Dale Chihuly…

📍 Wichita, Sedgwick County

COURTHOUSE

Wichita County Courthouse

White pillars add stately elegance to this red-brick courthouse built in the…

📍 Leoti, Wichita County

STATUE

Wichita East High School Statue

Detailed statues of a trapper and American Indian stand atop the natural…

📍 Wichita, Sedgwick County

CEMETERY

Wichita Highland Cemetery

This "Resting Place of Pioneers" includes the grave of Buffalo Bill Mathewson,…

📍 Wichita, Sedgwick County

NIGHTLIFE

Wichita Nightlife

Visit Wichita provides this connection to Wichita nightlife. Photo @ClubRodeo

📍 Wichita, Sedgwick County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ART FINALIST

Wichita North High School Art Deco

Beautiful and richly colorful bas-relief sculptures and decorative panels by Bruce Moore…

📍 Wichita, Sedgwick County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS CUSTOMS

Wild Dala Horses

In Sweden, 18th-century lumberjacks carved small Dala horses in their off hours…

📍 Lindsborg, McPherson County

PEOPLE

William Lindsay White Memorial Park

Posted on bronze plaques in this memorial pocket park are a selection…

📍 Emporia, Lyon County

ART

Winchester Public Library

Six works by John Steuart Curry hang in this handsome library.

📍 Winchester, Jefferson County

ART

Window Art

In the 100 block of E. 6th colorful images by Larry Caldwell…

📍 Kinsley, Edwards County

MURAL

Winfield Outdoor Murals

The 1999 Maggie Bicker mural on the Island Park restroom resembles an…

📍 Winfield, Cowley County

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