Nature & Outdoors

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Imagine strolling down candlelit paths through tranquil, snow-covered woods as the stresses of the holiday season melt away. Every November, the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens offers…

Reasons to Love Kansas

Ode to Kansas Sunups and Sundowns

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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…

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Exploring some of Kansas' less-traveled hiking trails For years, I have enjoyed hiking the Kansas outdoors. After being asked to create a selection of some of the state’s lesser-known hiking trail…

Nature & Outdoors

Hidden Hiking Gems: Lehigh Portland Trails

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Photography by Jonathan Adams Lehigh Portland Trails Running alongside water and prairie vistas, wildlife, native grass, and wildflowers, the Lehigh Portland Trails provide a free and travel-worthy…

Nature & Outdoors

Hidden Hiking Gems: Big Basin Prairie Preserve

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Photography by Cody Tracy Big Basin Prairie Preserve If you’ve been here, you know. If you haven’t, make it a priority. With sweeping grasslands and endless skies, Big Basin Prairie Preserve is…

Food & Drink

Farm to Table, Again

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Photography by Michael Snell and Doug Stremel The latest eating trend isn't a trend at all, but a traditional way of dining - and living - that has come full circle or never gone away. Nestled on…

Nature & Outdoors

Urban Ice Skating

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Big-city ice rinks draw in the skaters during the winter season For over two decades, the Kansas City Ice Center and Pavilion in Shawnee has been a destination ice rink for skaters of all skill…

Nature & Outdoors

Floating Down the Kaw

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Photography by Michael Pearce State programs, nonprofit groups and outdoor equipment suppliers have made it easy to explore and enjoy a treasured waterway Growing up in the early 1980s, Dawn Buehler…

Reasons to Love Kansas

A Herd, Once More

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Photography by Ryan Coody (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ/Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas works to care for and grow its herd of bison as a practical and symbolic bridge between its past and…