Historic Opera Houses of Kansas
Raised across the state as edifices of high culture (at least in name), opera houses are now being restored and revisited for community events and performances In the late 1800s, railroad lines were…
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Category: Travel
Forging Our Best Neighborhoods
Photography by Fally Afani, mural in Lecompton Gaston Bachelard’s landmark and influential book The Poetics of Space is a philosophical exploration of how our physical surroundings can captivate and…
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8 Urban Kansas Neighborhoods to Know or See
Photography: The Bricks in Hays, Kansas Planeview, Wichita Planeview was among several communities hastily built across the United States during World War II as temporary housing for some 20,000…
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Eyewitness Tales: The Chilly Charm of the Sallie House
A first-hand account of a couple's night spent alone in Atchison's infamous Sallie House Photography by BriJoRae’ Pusch-Zuniga My wife, Tanya, and I prepared for our overnight stay at the Sallie…
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Eyewitness Tales: Villa Paranormal Party
A first-hand account of a night spent in the McInteer Villa, one of Atchison's most haunted homes Photography by BriJoRae’ Pusch-Zuniga In the midst of a pandemic, KANSAS! magazine called, wanting…
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Haunted Atchison
The historic riverfront town in eastern Kansas is known for spooky homes, ghostly legends and things that go bump in the night Story by Beccy Tanner with Lisa Waterman Gray & Photography by BriJoRae’…
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The Stone Arch Bridges of Cowley County
Photography by Bill Stephens Travel back 100 years to the era of hand-built limestone bridges of Cowley County, standing as monuments to a Kansas architect and his stoneworkers It’s a beautiful…
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Pueblo on the Prairie
腦瞳肊 (This article was updated in November 2021) It’s a Southwest-style ruin where the deer, as well as the squirrels and the beavers, roam. What we know about one of the state’s most…
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Being Native. Being Kansan.
The following sections are from a longer feature "Being Native. Being Kansan." first published in 2016 Five native nations connected to Kansas By Suzanne Heck Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri The…
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A Fort along the Santa Fe Trail
A new permanent exhibition highlights the role and the legacy of a military outpost on the Santa Fe Trail Fort Larned National Historic Site sits amid fields and along a meandering line of trees…
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