October used to be firmly in the “fall” category – with an abundant tapestry of colorful elms and maples. But in south-central Kansas, summer can stubbornly hang on into early November. While we’re waiting for those brilliant autumn colors, there’s a subtle beauty to be found – if you know where to look. Lu Anne Stephens tells us about one place in this month’s Hidden Kansas.
Flint Hills Trail was recently inducted into the National Rails to Trails Conservancy’s Hall of Fame.
Carry Nation launched her attack against alcohol in the early 19 hundreds from her home in Medicine Lodge. But with all the changes to state law surrounding liquor, what would the hatchet-toting temperance crusader think now? In this month’s Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner has more from Medicine Lodge.
Kids have played with marbles for generations. And while they may seem a bit old-fashioned compared to current games, there’s a community of collectors, artists — and kids — keeping marbles alive. In this month’s Hidden Kansas, Lu Anne Stephens tells us about a place where you can watch marbles being made.
Go anywhere in Kansas and you’re bound to see barbed wire … the prickly fencing that rips clothing, keeps livestock from wandering off and may even make for good neighbors. For this month’s Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner takes us to LaCrosse, the Barbed Wire Capital of the World.
Public art can represent the embodiment of a community or be a catalyst for lively debate. Whatever form it takes, public art both reflects and enhances a community. For this month’s Hidden Kansas, Lu Anne Stephens tells us about a public art collection in a place you might not expect.
For many people, the American Dream has included owning a house. This month on Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner takes us to Great Bend, a place where futuristic, all-metal houses were part of that dream.
For this month's Hidden Kansas, Lu Anne Stephens takes a look at a neighborhood bar that probably isn't even in your neighborhood.
Sometimes the little places you pass every day hold much more significance than you realize. In this month’s "Hidden Kansas," Beccy Tanner takes us to one such spot.
On this month's "Hidden Kansas," Beccy Tanner explores the time a U.S. president pitched in to help with the Kansas wheat harvest.
On the this month's "Hidden Kansas," we tour elegant mansions from Wichita's past.
For most Americans, November is traditionally the month to celebrate Thanksgiving. But November is also Native American Heritage Month. For this month’s Hidden Kansas, we look at one of those important traditions: fry bread.
Atchison, Kansas, boasts a surprising number of Victorian mansions—haunted Victorian mansions. You could try to visit them all in one day. Or do what Lu Anne Stephens did—take the Haunted Trolley Tour.
With fall finally here, it's time to celebrate. Lu Anne Stephens goes hiking through Pawnee Prairie Park for this month’s Hidden Kansas.
On this month's "Hidden Kansas," Beccy Tanner visit a cemetery dedicated to a woman known as “Mother.”
Nearly 100 years ago, an enormous boulder sacred to the Kaw Nation was taken from its land. Now, the Grandfather Rock has returned home. Beccy Tanner has more on this month's Hidden Kansas.
KMUW's Lu Anne Stephens discovers where the wildflowers are on this month's Hidden Kansas.
For this month's Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner shows us how buffalo talk to each other on the Kansas prairie.
For this month's Hidden Kansas, we visit an often overlooked inhabitant along the Arkansas River.
For this month's Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner tells us to enjoy the early bird specials at Cheyenne Bottoms and Quivira Wildlife Refuge.