By Andrew Sayles
Introduction
These 25 famous landmarks in Kansas will show you the state's beauty as well as...
LANDMARK 1
Prior to the American Civil War, the conflict known as Bleeding Kansas raged through the...
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Clinton State Park in Lawrence occupies 1,500 acres on the north shore of Clinton Lake...
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In 1857, this historic building in Lecompton was home to a pro-slavery territorial legislature that...
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The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum memorializes the life and service of the...
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Fort Larned is one of the most impressive national historic landmarks in Kansas, boasting an...
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Before the telephone or even the telegraph, the Pony Express was the fastest way to...
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The Kansas Museum of History in Topeka spans from prehistoric times into the 20th century...
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Topeka has been the capital of Kansas since it became a state in 1861. The...
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Found on the banks of the Missouri River just outside of Kansas City, Fort Leavenworth...
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The Buffalo Soldiers Monument at Fort Leavenworth is one of the most important historical landmarks...
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Tucked away in a canyon on the western prairie, Lake Scott State Park is one...
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In many ways, the Bleeding Kansas conflict of the 1850s set the tone for the...
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The Union victory at Mine Creek came in September 1864 after months of harassment from...
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Perhaps the most commonly cited (and even most commonly mocked) of American roadside attractions is...
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The town of Nicodemus was founded after the American Civil War when a Black minister...
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Before the advent of railroads, the Santa Fe Trail was the primary route for traders...
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Kansas today is largely associated with farmland, but it was once part of a vast...
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador famously obsessed with finding the Seven...
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For 19th-century travelers along the Santa Fe Trail through Kansas, seeing Wagon Bed Spring materialize...
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Fort Scott is one of the most historical places in Kansas and has played a...
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If you're traveling through Kansas, click your heels three times and head to the Oz...
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These 80 million-year-old chalk formations in Gove County are among the natural Kansas monuments you...
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Coal Creek Library in Vinland, Kansas, is among the country's longest-continuously operated libraries. Though the...
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While it may not be anything overly special to look at, the Geographic Center of...
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Painted in the Pride flag colors, the Equality House in Shawnee County is located across...
Conclusion
Today, travelers tend to associate Kansas with the American heartland, full of farmland, small towns...
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