Blog /blog/stories/ Blog Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:02:24 +0000 For the Love of Barbeque: 12 Kansas BBQ Restaurants to Try on Your Next Road Trip /blog/stories/post/for-the-love-of-barbeque-kansas-bbq-restaurants-to-try-on-your-next-road-trip/ /blog/stories/post/for-the-love-of-barbeque-kansas-bbq-restaurants-to-try-on-your-next-road-trip/#comments /blog/stories/post/for-the-love-of-barbeque-kansas-bbq-restaurants-to-try-on-your-next-road-trip/ Fri, 30 May 2025 14:00:00 -0400

This open love letter is not of my usual nature and is my sauciest writing to date. Folks, I am in love with sweet, smoky, and unbelievably tender Kansas barbeque. I realize this love affair is shared with many, and rightfully so. Kansas is home to some of the best barbecue in the world. Naturally,

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Top 10 Kansas Waterfalls /blog/stories/post/top-10-kansas-waterfalls/ /blog/stories/post/top-10-kansas-waterfalls/#comments /blog/stories/post/top-10-kansas-waterfalls/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400

After traveling the state of Kansas for the past few years, hitting up as many waterfalls as possible, I thought it was time to make a fun little Kansas waterfall list! This year, I’ve made it a point, with all the rain, to try and hit most of the ones I’ve yet to visit. I’m up to over 60 of nearly

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Christmas Lights Road Trip Through Southeast Kansas /blog/stories/post/christmas-lights-road-trip-through-southeast-kansas/ /blog/stories/post/christmas-lights-road-trip-through-southeast-kansas/#comments /blog/stories/post/christmas-lights-road-trip-through-southeast-kansas/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0500
Take your family on a road trip to experience the beautiful and magical, FREE light displays throughout . Some of these, likely in communities you've never heard of, are going to surprise you.

Includes more than 20 displays featuring nearly 500,000 lights. There is a synched radio

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The Storytellers of Southeast Kansas /blog/stories/post/the-storytellers-of-southeast-kansas/ /blog/stories/post/the-storytellers-of-southeast-kansas/#comments /blog/stories/post/the-storytellers-of-southeast-kansas/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Names you know. Names you should know. They saved and told the stories of Kansas, America, and the world.

Memories from traveling across American pioneer country by covered wagon and growing up on a farm near Independence in 1869-70 inspired Laura Ingalls Wilder to write her original novel. The

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Good Day Kansas Explores: The Lavender Patch Farm, Fort Scott /blog/stories/post/good-day-kansas-explores-the-lavender-patch-farm-fort-scott/ /blog/stories/post/good-day-kansas-explores-the-lavender-patch-farm-fort-scott/#comments /blog/stories/post/good-day-kansas-explores-the-lavender-patch-farm-fort-scott/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:00:00 -0400

The Lavender Patch Farm, Fort Scott

Agritourism in Kansas

It seems like every time I visit one of our agritourism businesses I always feel inspired to incorporate my recent farm learnings into the small farming and gardening operations on my own property. Leaving The Lavender Patch Farm in Fort

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Lore and More in Fort Scott and Pittsburg /blog/stories/post/lore-and-more-in-fort-scott-and-pittsburg/ /blog/stories/post/lore-and-more-in-fort-scott-and-pittsburg/#comments /blog/stories/post/lore-and-more-in-fort-scott-and-pittsburg/ Sun, 02 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0400

Come to the state’s southeast corner to get basic training in military history and sample the beauty and bounty of the land.

Fortified Fun

Steeped in military history, the town of Fort Scott commands an arsenal of U.S. Army-related attractions, chiefly the . Guided

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10 Tasty Eats in the Southeast /blog/stories/post/10-tasty-eats-in-the-southeast/ /blog/stories/post/10-tasty-eats-in-the-southeast/#comments /blog/stories/post/10-tasty-eats-in-the-southeast/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:00:00 -0500

When you’re ready for dinner (or breakfast, or lunch), use this list to find your perfect meal in

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African American History in Kansas /blog/stories/post/african-american-history-in-kansas/ /blog/stories/post/african-american-history-in-kansas/#comments /blog/stories/post/african-american-history-in-kansas/ Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:00:00 -0500

Kansas links political, social, racial and cultural issues that continue to define and shape today’s social landscape. From “Bleeding Kansas” to Brown v. Board of Education, Kansas offers unique pieces of Black History. Each historic site unveils history in a way never seen before. Travel the state

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Intern Roadtrip /blog/stories/post/intern-roadtrip/ /blog/stories/post/intern-roadtrip/#comments /blog/stories/post/intern-roadtrip/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:00:00 -0400

On Wednesday I drove an hour to Topeka from Manhattan, just as I had done every weekday for the majority of my summer. For 10 weeks I had the opportunity to intern with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s tourism division. When I pulled into the parking lot, I was met by the other

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A Kansas player in the Civil War /blog/stories/post/a-kansas-player-in-the-civil-war/ /blog/stories/post/a-kansas-player-in-the-civil-war/#comments /blog/stories/post/a-kansas-player-in-the-civil-war/ Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:00:00 -0400

Fort Scott has a unique history that follows the growing pains of our country in the middle of the 1800s. The National Historic Site recently marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, but the history of the Army’s presence in the area stretches back to a time when the western edge

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