Articles /kansas-magazine/articles/ Articles Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:23:08 +0000 Ode to Kansas Sunups and Sundowns /kansas-magazine/articles/post/ode-to-kansas-sunups-and-sundowns/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/ode-to-kansas-sunups-and-sundowns/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/ode-to-kansas-sunups-and-sundowns/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:00:00 -0400

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Ask any Kansan about our sunsets or sunrises and they are likely to begin waxing poetic.

One case in point: artist Allan Chow of Kansas City, whose painting Summer Sundown was featured in the

]]> From the Archives: Opening of Wamego's Oz Museum /kansas-magazine/articles/post/from-the-archives-oz-museum/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/from-the-archives-oz-museum/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/from-the-archives-oz-museum/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:00:00 -0400

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Featured in the 2004 Summer issue

Editor's Note: Some exhibits and artifacts mentioned in this article may no longer be on display.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Wamego and check out one of

]]> Corn Mazes & Fall Grazes /kansas-magazine/articles/post/corn-mazes-fall-grazes/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/corn-mazes-fall-grazes/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/corn-mazes-fall-grazes/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:00:00 -0400

This time of year the corn has grown so high you could get lost in it. And some Kansas farms are welcoming you to do just that with unique corn mazes.

Gary’s Berries, near Grantville, hosts a Fall

]]> Barkman Honey /kansas-magazine/articles/post/barkman-honey/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/barkman-honey/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/barkman-honey/ Tue, 28 Feb 2017 08:00:00 -0500

It was a love of bees and a desire to learn more about them and their honey that sent Esra Barkman from Hillsboro to Oregon in the 1920s. After returning to Kansas, Barkman began selling honey at the

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