Blog /blog/stories/ Blog Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:19:01 +0000 Bleeding Kansas: A Tour of the War before the War /blog/stories/post/bleeding-kansas-a-tour-of-the-war-before-the-war/ /blog/stories/post/bleeding-kansas-a-tour-of-the-war-before-the-war/#comments /blog/stories/post/bleeding-kansas-a-tour-of-the-war-before-the-war/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0500

A small two-story wooden building, a grassy meadow, a quiet park, a wooded valley between hills; these spots today are relatively unassuming and even banal at first appearance, but there was a time when these places in rural Kansas were the center of national attention. I visited several major sites

]]> 10 Ways to Travel Through Time /blog/stories/post/10-ways-to-travel-through-time/ /blog/stories/post/10-ways-to-travel-through-time/#comments /blog/stories/post/10-ways-to-travel-through-time/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:00:00 -0500

Nothing feels very far in the past at these portals to another era. Engage all your senses as you see planes, a powwow, basketball’s founding documents and a subterranean world.

1. Trace the Fight for Rights

Reflect on a milestone in the civil rights movement with a visit to a historic Topeka

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