Places backroadsphotog Wants to Go

Home of mutant livestock.

A meticulously restored Wichita home designed by the most renowned American architect of the 20th century.

Celebrating the cultural heritage of Kansas’s premier cowtown.

A park to honor all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, and Emporia's status as the founding city of Veterans Day.

Twelve unique carved plaques across Humboldt tell a story of the ingenuity and bravery of ordinary citizens during the city's burning.

A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."

This bird statue was created to mark the site of a radio transmitter.

The first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was established in Hays, Kansas, years before better known cemeteries with the same name.

In the aftermath of the murder of six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a memorial was constructed to remember all the teachers, administrators and staff who lost their lives.

This replica oil derrick stands where a tiny Kansas town struck big in 1852, kicking off America's biggest oil boom.

In the heart of Little Sweden USA, a small gallery and museum pays tribute to a Swedish-born artist who fell in love with the American landscape.

A museum celebrating a couple who loved to travel the world and to bring its treasures back to Montezuma, Kansas.

Raised high above the Cimarron River, this 1,268-foot rail bridge followed a half-century of trainwrecks, bridge collapses, and an abandoned town.

An epic statue dedicated to the memory of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments of the U.S. Army

This unusual sculpture honors the city's namesake, Octave Chanute, for his pioneering work in early aviation.

This historical marker is all that remains of Octagon City, Kansas, a failed vegetarian utopia.

This early pioneer landmark is one of the oldest buildings in this part of Kansas and one of the few Dutch mills ever built in the state.

Built in 1869, this one-room rural schoolhouse welcomes visitors to travel back to 1904 school day.

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

A massive museum preserving the United States culture and the home of Abraham Lincoln's sleigh.

See the home and the range on which "Home on the Range" was arranged.

A former Army airfield is home to one of the largest aviation museums in America.

Discover the story of a man, a dog, and a plan to turn a decommissioned Atlas F Missile Base into an underground resort.

A series of silhouettes that recall the great cattle drives of the 19th-century.