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Kansas Winter Roadtrip Ideas

The itch to travel doesn’t hibernate. Cooler weather keeps us indoors, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get out and explore during the cooler seasons. Take advantage of the sunny days and hit the Kansas roads with your friends and family. Your soul will thank you for it. Here are over 50 places to…

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Three Native American Historic Sites to Explore

Kansas is the homeland of a wide variety of native American tribes. For thousands of years, native tribes lived across the vast prairies passing down their traditions to each successive generation. Tribes such as the Pawnee, Osage, Kaw, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita are just a few of the…

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North Central Kansas: For the Centered

The roads and rails of North Central Kansas take you deep into the heart of the state’s story with “Home on the Range” relics, lodging in an 1899 railroad hotel, and a ride across the Big Blue River on the Central Branch Railroad. The short journey between Waterville and Blue Rapids travels the same…

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Discover the History of Women and the Orphan Train

Orphan Trains transported roughly 250,000 homeless, abandoned, and orphaned children out of cities and into rural communities and homes between 1854-1929. Today, millions of Americans are descended from these brave children, and millions more are fascinated by this historic movement. The event…

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