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…
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300 SW Wanamaker Rd. Topeka, KS 66606
A warm and welcoming mix of boutiques and specialty stores, offering all sorts of unique and useful treasures. Add a host of independent…
The Combat Air Museum has on display 47 military aircraft, from World War I to the present day, in addition to multiple static displays of…
The Kansas State Capitol recently completed a 13-year, top to bottom restoration of the building that restored the original architect's…
Experience conservation in action at the Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center! Encounter animals from around the world, including elephants…
The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center is a hands-on children’s museum. Since opening in 2011 in Topeka, Kansas, the Discovery Center has…
The story of Brown v. Board of Education, which ended legal segregation in public schools, is one of hope and courage. When the people…
These public lands are a perfect escape no matter what your interest may be - hiking, camping, wildlife watching, fishing, mountain biking…
Terms like “world-class” and “one of the nation’s best” are usually unwarranted. Both are accurate for Wilson…
On the high plains of northwest Kansas, Prairie Dog State Park is a rare and welcome place to play in the water and shade.
Rather than water, it’s the work of the wind that draws people to Sand Hills State Park.
Southeast Kansas’ Cross Timbers region is a narrow, rugged, 50-mile finger of steeply timbered hillsides that rise to towering…
A few minutes south of the hustle and hassle of I-70 in western Kansas, life goes relaxingly slow at Cedar Bluff State Park.
Life’s easy at Fall River State Park, where crowds are few but recreational possibilities are many.
Elk City State Park sits in a gorgeous valley with natural greatness on both sides.
Clinton State Park is a 1,400 acre island of unspoiled nature amid the suburban sprawl of northeast Kansas.
Hillsdale State Park is only minutes away from the 2 million-plus people of the greater Kansas City area. It’s a place where…
Far from any sizable cities, many might consider Webster State Park “in the middle of nowhere.” Those who know the park will…
Just south of Salina stands one of Kansas' many natural wonders - Mushroom Rocks.
Welcome to the "Badlands of Kansas" - Little Jerusalem State Park in Western Kansas is truly a sight to see!
El Dorado State Park’s 4,000 acres makes it Kansas’ largest. Yet you can be as secluded or social as you like amid landscapes…
Tuttle Creek State Park is a story of two special places. One sits where both land and lake are expansive, with a campground on classic…
Where the Ozarks spill into Kansas, in the Great Depression the government gave jobs to hundreds of destitute men with the Civilian…
For decades visitors have come to Pomona State Park by automobile. Now, they’re also coming by horseback and bicycle.
Visit the newest State Park in Kansas - Lehigh Portland Trails, a vast network of hiking and biking trails around Elk's Lake in Iola.
A century ago Kansans took the train from town to town, watching the countryside lazily pass as they road the rails.
It’s the kind of place where you can travel many miles in near silence as your hiking boots or bike tires move over a surface velvety…
Carson and Custer once explored the jagged prairies in what’s now Kanopolis State Park on horseback.
The park’s 1,900 acres are laced with good trails and dotted with shaded cabins and campsites. In the reservoir you can sample some of…
“Oasis” may be the best way to describe this 400-acre paradise shaded by tall cottonwoods, with an 80-acre lake of cool…
It’s been called the “Serengeti of the Sky”, when hundreds of thousands of northward migrating snow geese arrive at…
Perry State Park sits well within Kansas, but with long ridges of hickory and assorted oaks it wouldn’t look out of place in the…
Just north of Scott City lays a stunning canyon nestled among the prairie and natural springs.
Within Eisenhower State Park sits 1,000 acres of some of the last wild prairie in eastern Kansas.
Kansas’ largest, Milford Reservoir has enough shoreline to reach from Kansas City to Salina. The waters within that 161 miles of land…
Long before civilization, native people came to be healed within the sacred waters of Waconda Springs. The springs are now deep within Glen…
