The Frontier Military Historic Byway abounds with history. The Forts tell the stories of the early military development to protect westward…
This mural features sunflowers and plants to help brighten Downtown Pittsburg. Finished 2021. Muralist - Jenna Spencer.
UPDATE: Time Travel at the Tap of a Finger! Augmented Realality (AR) is now at Fort Scott National Historic Site! Beginning Friday, May 23…
Anchored by The Home Depot, Pittsburg’s TownCenter features a variety of dining choices including Chili’s, Subway, Rib Crib and Buffalo Wild…
Pittsburg ArtWalk commissioned 6 Artists to complete a mural on the side of the 501 N Broadway building. Each artist had their own space on…
This 540 acre reservoir is just off U.S. 69 between Fort Scott and Pittsburg and is stocked with monster-size largemouth bass, catfish and…
Downtown Girard is built around a traditional courthouse square. The statue of a deer and a marker on the southwest corner of the square…
A story of environmental devastation and successful habitat restoration. The mined land wildlife area, better know as the Strip Pits, is in…
Located on the east side of the old Saunders Cooke building in Downtown Pittsburg, which was built in 1914 along old Jefferson Highway. The…
Visit the newest State Park in Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø - Lehigh Portland Trails, a vast network of hiking and biking trails around Elk's Lake in Iola.
Long before civilization, native people came to be healed within the sacred waters of Waconda Springs. The springs are now deep within Glen…
A few minutes south of the hustle and hassle of I-70 in western Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø, life goes relaxingly slow at Cedar Bluff State Park.
Welcome to the "Badlands of Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø" - Little Jerusalem State Park in Western Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø is truly a sight to see!
For decades visitors have come to Pomona State Park by automobile. Now, they’re also coming by horseback and bicycle.
Terms like “world-class” and “one of the nation’s best” are usually unwarranted. Both are accurate for Wilson…
Hillsdale State Park is only minutes away from the 2 million-plus people of the greater Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø City area. It’s a place where…
Carson and Custer once explored the jagged prairies in what’s now Kanopolis State Park on horseback.
Just south of Salina stands one of Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø' many natural wonders - Mushroom Rocks.
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…
El Dorado State Park’s 4,000 acres makes it Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø’ largest. Yet you can be as secluded or social as you like amid landscapes…
Perry State Park sits well within Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø, but with long ridges of hickory and assorted oaks it wouldn’t look out of place in the…
Within Eisenhower State Park sits 1,000 acres of some of the last wild prairie in eastern Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø.
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…
Far from any sizable cities, many might consider Webster State Park “in the middle of nowhere.” Those who know the park will…
Elk City State Park sits in a gorgeous valley with natural greatness on both sides.
“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…
Rather than water, it’s the work of the wind that draws people to Sand Hills State Park.
Just north of Scott City lays a stunning canyon nestled among the prairie and natural springs.
On the Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø River kayaks and canoes often float in solitude as they pass towering cottonwoods, nesting bald eagles, kingfishers, otters…
Southeast Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø’ Cross Timbers region is a narrow, rugged, 50-mile finger of steeply timbered hillsides that rise to towering…
Life’s easy at Fall River State Park, where crowds are few but recreational possibilities are many.
On the high plains of northwest Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø, Prairie Dog State Park is a rare and welcome place to play in the water and shade.
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…
A century ago Kansans took the train from town to town, watching the countryside lazily pass as they road the rails.
Clinton State Park is a 1,400 acre island of unspoiled nature amid the suburban sprawl of northeast Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø.
Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø’ largest, Milford Reservoir has enough shoreline to reach from Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø City to Salina. The waters within that 161 miles of land…
