Travel in the 18 Northwest Kansas counties.
Explore the World’s Largest Things in Kansas Scattered throughout Kansas, 18 World’s Largest Things will astound you. The colossal world-record holders range from a gigantic grain elevator to a huge hairball. Abilene boasts the newest world record, the World’s Largest Belt Buckle. Three US champions will astonish you, but three world champions lost their thrones. […]
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31 Best Things to Do in Historic Hays, Kansas Hays, Kansas, is the largest city in Northwest Kansas, about 300 miles east of Denver, 100 miles west of Salina, and 270 miles to Kansas City. The vibrant home of Fort Hays State University, the city of 21,000 people offers fascinating history, architecture, art, and a robust dining
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Explore fascinating Rooks County, Kansas Rooks County, Kansas, is full of fascinating stories. Meet French-Canadian settlers who emigrated to Damar from Canada and marvel at their spectacular St. Joseph’s Church. In contrast, Ash Rock Church north of Woodston is plainly, but solidly built, a solid comfort source for its community. Codell endured the shocking misfortune
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Kansas Rocks: The best 7 places to see rock formations in Kansas It’s hard to imagine that high-and-dry Kansas was once buried underwater. However, that ocean, the Western Interior Sea, has left the state a beautiful legacy: The Ocean of Kansas has produced some astounding Kansas Rocks. Limestone and sandstone pinnacles, mushrooms, and balls dot
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Roxie on the Road celebrates one-year blogging anniversary Today, July 14, 2020, is Roxie on the Road’s one-year blog anniversary. Where has the time gone? Wherever it’s gone, we have come a long way, baby. Here is a look back at 10 memorable moments in our first year: Highlights at our one-year blogging anniversary For
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Goodland gets a new telephone building, an Art Deco masterpiece Goodland’s United Telephone Building, an Art Deco masterpiece, was built in 1931 at 1003 Main. The Kansas Sampler Foundation said it’s one of the state’s most colorful buildings. When the 1930s began, Goodland’s exchange had more than 1,000 telephones. The system was overloaded. Goodland officials asked
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The Giant van Gogh Painting towers over Goodland The No. 1 attraction in Goodland, Kansas, a giant 24 by 32-foot painting, dominates the sky. The massive replica of “Three Sunflowers in a Vase” stands on an even taller 80-foot-high steel easel. It weighs 45,000 pounds. The Giant van Gogh Painting is so large that people
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The solid Goodland post office moves around The brick post office at 124 E. 11th St. in Goodland is very solid. It doesn’t look like a place that could play hopscotch. The building has not played hopscotch, but the office has. Before it finally came to rest, the post office lived in three towns, burned,
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A black artilleryman becomes a homesteader A gravestone in Goodland (Kan.) Cemetery honors Cpl. William Johnson, Company I, First United States Colored Heavy Artillery. This is his story. William Johnson of Hawkins County, Tenn., started his life as the property of his master. But before he died, Johnson was a property owner. He earned his
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On Western Vistas Historic Byway, travel back in time. If you dream of being a cowboy or cowgirl, take your imagination eraser with you as you drive Western Vistas Historic Byway. When you mentally scrub away 21st-century amenities and replace the cattle with bison, you’ll return to the 1860s and 1870s. The imagination eraser works
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