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MEMORIAL

Wisner Memorial Fountain

A black iron water fountain and trough unit is part of the…

📍 Medicine Lodge, Barber County

MURAL

Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission Mural

A century after women won the right to vote with the 19th…

📍 Norton, Norton County

CEMETERY

Woodmen Circle

Look for a tall stone tree stump engraved 'Woodmen Circle' above the…

📍 Gas City, Allen County

QUILT TRAIL

Woodson County Quilt Trail

The Woodson County Quilt Trail group has placed large, colorful quilt blocks…

📍 Yates Center, Woodson County

WORLD'S LARGEST

World's Largest Czech Egg

Thousands of volunteer hours and countless gallons of paint resulted in a…

📍 Wilson, Ellsworth County

QUIRKY

World's Largest Salt Shaker

At 15 feet tall and 64 times larger than a classic diner…

📍 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

ART

Wren Sculpture

A giant wren sculpture sits at the triangular-shaped Huntoon Park. For five…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

DOUGHBOY STATUE

WWI Doughboy Statue

A plaque dedicates this statue to the "Axtell boys who served in…

📍 Axtell, Marshall County

DOUGHBOY STATUE

WWI Soldier Statue

A bronze charging doughboy, made famous by artist Ernest Moore Viquesney, was…

📍 Onaga, Pottawatomie County

MUSEUM

Zenda Community Museum

Zenda history and school trophies are displayed inside a former bank. Behind…

📍 Zenda, Kingman County

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