Kansas Blog

Endangered birds and unusual geography are just two of the clues in this contest.  Name these attractions across Kansas by June 24 in the comment section below, and you'll be entered into a drawing to win four admission tickets for the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum. You have a bit of a photo and a short clue for each one. The winner will be announced Friday, June 28. Hit the road and visit them all this summer! 

Pinterest is a great way to find a new recipe, learn how to organize the laundry room, or get a look at the latest fashion trends. It's an online version of a visual bulletin board. "Pinning" has become an obsession, with food being one of the major topics.

Many wonderful songwriters have come from Kansas, and we are on the hunt for the next one.  Submit your original composition of a Kansas song for a chance to win this month. Entries will be judged by singer/songwriter Logan Mize, an up and coming Nashville star raised in Clearwater.

We may think photo manipulation is a recent phenomenon ushered in with our desktop computers, but it was happening long before the first computer chip came into existence. In the early 1900s, "exaggerated postcards" were a big hit, especially in the Great Plains. 

Kansas is known for its wide-open spaces, which means the sky is a perfect canvas for Mother Nature each evening. Pink, purple, and shades of gold mix with blue skies to create stunning views. Now you can share your best sunset photos with the world for a chance to win a Kansas-themed coffee table book: My Kansas, A Photographic Journey across the Sunflower State.Details:

These four guys make their home in Lucas. Send your best caption for this photo to win free admission to the Garden of Eden, one of the world’s greatest folk art sites.

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Kansas doesn’t take “quirky” lightly. The state boasts one of the world’s great folk art sites in Lucas, the big ball of twine in Cawker City, and the western hemisphere’s only opportunity to tour 650 feet underground in a salt mine.

Travel planning has never been more visually fun than it is now with Pinterest. Pinterest is a website that allows people to gather the cool photos they find online onto their own “boards” so they’re ...

Your perfect travel day in Kansas might include a special restaurant, a favorite attraction or shopping at a place you love. Maybe it has all of those things, plus some. Regardless of what it looks ...

Digital cameras make it easy to capture all the moments of life – the sweet, the emotional, and the funny. Vacation season usually nets a few photos in the last category, and a humorous photo could ...