The historic Eldridge Hotel is the heart of Downtown Lawrence, Kansas, about 40 minutes west of Kansas City. Enjoy an outstanding experience with luxury suites in the Lawrence business district. Explore Lawrence sponsored my visit, but all opinions are mine. Roxie on the Road participates in affiliate programs, like Stay22. As an Amazon Associate, I […]
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The gorgeous three-story red-brick Watkins National Bank Building stands out along Downtown Lawrence’s Massachusetts Street. Lawrence financier Jabez Bunting Wilson built one of the city’s finest Richardsonian Romanesque buildings as a marketing tool. The building later became the Watkins Community Museum of History and eventually the Watkins Museum of History. Explore Lawrence sponsored my visit,
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Bonner Springs sits in rolling hills beside the Kansas River. It’s the next Kansas Turnpike exit west of Kansas City. Its location gives citizens and visitors a break from urban living with all the Kansas City area amenities. Bonner Springs offers intriguing attractions, recreation, shopping, and entertainment. Enjoy a laid-back, friendly community in Bonner Springs.
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Moon Marble is a great place when you have lost your marbles and need to knuckle down to work. Moon Marble Company owner Bruce Breslow’s original business plan involved selling traditional toys and games in Bonner Springs, Kansas. He soon realized that those games required hard-to-find marble game pieces. Then, Breslow bought a jar of marbles
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Fort Leavenworth, the Intellectual Center of the Army, is also its prison. Both are part of the fort’s fascinating history. Stories and historic sites, scenic overlooks, picnic areas, and an 18-hole golf course are all on this post. Explore these seven things at Fort Leavenworth for the perfect family day trip. Allow at least a
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Lecompton says it’s the birthplace of the Civil War, where slavery began to die. That’s true. In this article, we will first discuss Lecompton’s significance and then explain what to do there. The American Civil War began before the shots were fired at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Instead, Bleeding Kansas was the war’s first battlefield.
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The Wizard of Oz describes the story of Dorothy, a little girl from rural Kansas while visiting the magical land of Oz. In the book’s and movie’s introductions, a tornado whisked her from her sepia-toned Kansas life into the Technicolor world of Oz. L. Frank Baum published the book in 1900, and the tale hit the silver
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In the late 1850s, Bleeding Kansas dominated the nation’s headlines, often with John Brown’s name attached. Because Osawatomie’s most famous (or notorious) citizen caused much of the bleeding, he became known as “Osawatomie John Brown.” No one man started the Civil War, but Brown fanned the flames that led to the war. Those sparks flew
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Kansas’s most famous daughter, Amelia Earhart, leads the list of the top 10 things to do in Northeast Kansas. No one has solved the enduring mystery of what happened to her and her navigator Fred Noonan, but Atchison preserves her memory. In Merriam, sink your teeth into buttery Strawberry Hill poviticas. In Olathe, return to
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Top 10 fun things to do in Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, Kansas (KCK) is homier than its larger neighbor in Missouri. The difference between KCK and KCMO is like coming home and putting on your slippers after a long day wearing your work shoes. Wiggle your toes and enjoy KCK and its western neighbor,
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