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25 Best Attractions in Kansas You Should Visit

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25 Best Attractions in Kansas You Should Visit

Introduction - Kansas has a lot of hidden gems, natural wonders, and even protected ecosystems. Scroll this list to discover the 25...

 
 

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Attraction 1 - Kansas today is largely associated with farmland, but it was once part of a vast North American tallgrass prairie covering...

 
 
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum

Attraction 2 - The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum memorializes the life and service of the 34th US president in his...

 
 
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Oz Museum

Attraction 3 - If you're traveling through Kansas, click your heels three times and head to the Oz Museum in Wamego, about forty...

 
 
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Nicodemus National Historic Site

Attraction 4 - The town of Nicodemus was founded after the American Civil War when a Black minister named Reverend W.H. Smith formed...

 
 

Monument Rocks

Attraction 5 - These 80 million-year-old chalk formations in Gove County are among the natural Kansas monuments you shouldn't miss on your trip...

 
 
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Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield State Historic Site

Attraction 6 - The Union victory at Mine Creek came in September 1864 after months of harassment from a Confederate force attempting to...

 
 
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Coronado Heights Castle

Attraction 7 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador famously obsessed with finding the Seven Cities of Gold. Less famously...

 
 
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Constitution Hall State Historic Site

Attraction 8 - In 1857, this historic building in Lecompton was home to a pro-slavery territorial legislature that had to be disbanded by...

 
 
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Fort Leavenworth

Attraction 9 - Found on the banks of the Missouri River just outside of Kansas City, Fort Leavenworth is the state's oldest permanent...

 
 
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Buffalo Soldiers Monument

Attraction 10 - The Buffalo Soldiers Monument at Fort Leavenworth is one of the most important historical landmarks in Kansas. This monument is...

 
 

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