Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area includes the sites of extraordinary events that forever changed America. In the nineteenth century, the nation was focused on the Missouri-Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø border, where peoples with different definitions of freedom collided, inciting and fueling a Civil War. The

Retrace the drama of freedom’s struggles and triumphs in the Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area. Spread across 29 Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø counties (and 12 in our neighboring state to the east), more than 200 museums and heritage sites highlight their roles in the Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø-Missouri Border War and the shaping of

Nothing feels very far in the past at these portals to another era. Engage all your senses as you see planes, a powwow, basketball’s founding documents and a subterranean world.

1. Trace the Fight for Rights

Reflect on a milestone in the civil rights movement with a visit to a historic Topeka