Do you want to wander to spooky, haunted places? Then, this list of 13-plus of the most haunted places in Kansas is for you. These places are perfect for a Halloween excursion or to visit whenever a creepy itch for ghost stories scratches your back. Of course, the scratch may be literal if you’re a […]
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Storybook Land in Aberdeen, South Dakota, is full of nostalgic characters from nursery rhymes and fairy tales. The amusement park is a delightful place to bring your children or grandchildren, but it’s also fun for adults to visit without little ones. Interpretive signs listing the rhymes accompany some of the characters in the park. However,
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Pictograph Cave State Park, 15 minutes south of Billings, Montana, has some unexpected drawings. Seven red rifles decorate a shield on the back of Pictograph Cave. The rifles are obviously the newest art, but a black 2,000-year-old turtle is the oldest drawing. The startling red ochre rifles alone make the park worth visiting. Then add
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A perfect day at Bighorn Canyon Ranger Tanya Plainfeather Gardner pointed to a hole on Bighorn Canyon’s rim in Montana. “That’s where the stepfather threw his stepson over the side of the cliff.” Then she explained. Evil spirits overcame the man when he shoved the boy. Then he left the boy to die. Instead, some
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Explore Pompeys Pillar National Monument William Clark carved his name onto Pompeys Pillar during the Corps of Discovery’s 1806 journey home. Meriwether Lewis and Clark had separated to explore more territory. Nearly 200 years later, President Bill Clinton preserved the Montana formation as Pompeys Pillar National Monument. Pompeys Pillar is on Montana 312, half an
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Nine things to know about The Mustangs of Las Colinas Nothing says freedom like wild horses joyfully galloping through a stream of cool water surrounded by endless pastures. The Mustangs at Los Colinas sculpture freezes that playful moment in time as nine bronze mustangs gallop endlessly through a stream in Williams Square Plaza. They run
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In the Dallas Times Herald November 21, 1963, edition, Lee Harvey Oswald saw President John Kennedy’s (JFK) motorcade route. At that moment, Oswald painted a target on Kennedy’s back. Follow JFK and his assassin from November 21 to 25 on the JFK assassination tour. Oswald worked at the Texas Schoolbook Depository at Sixth and Elm
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A cynical Ruth Hyde Paine might say, “No good deed goes unpunished.” The actual Paine said she would welcome Marina Oswald into her home again. “Would I open my home again to a woman I like, … who needed friendship and a place to live? Yes. However, “if I had not invited Marina to stay
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On February 2, 1959, the Winter Dance Party bands played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Headliners included Buddy Holly, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Ritchie Valens. The night was electric. Couples whirled around the dance floor to the exciting new music genre. Afterward, Holly, Richardson, and Valens left The Surf Ballroom
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Wichita, Kansas, was born to trade. Jesse Chisholm lived near present-day Wichita during the Civil War. After the war, his associate James R. Mead established a trading post on the Chisholm Trail. The camp stood on an abandoned Wichita Indian village. Chisholm had planned his trail to transport goods. By the time he died in
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