Below is a list of Kansas landmarks. This list includes various

landmark A landmark is a recognizable natural or artificial feature used for navigation, a feature that stands out from its near environment and is often visible from long distances. In modern-day use, the term can also be applied to smaller structures ...

s in the state of

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

Homes

* The boyhood home of

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionar ...

, the Eisenhower Library, and his grave are located in Abilene. * The house of

Carrie Nation Caroline Amelia Nation (November 25, 1846June 9, 1911), often referred to as Carrie, Carry Nation, Carrie A. Nation, or Hatchet Granny, was an American who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent ...

, now a museum and tourist attraction site, is located in Medicine Lodge. * The boyhood home of General

Frederick Funston Frederick Funston (November 9, 1865 – February 19, 1917), also known as Fighting Fred Funston, was a General officer, general in the United States Army, best known for his roles in the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American ...

rmy soldieris located in Iola.

Museums

* The Evel Knievel Museum features a collection of Eval Knievals possessions, located in

Topeka Topeka ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County, Kansas, Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeaste ...

. * The John Brown museum is located in Osawatomie. * Th
Oz Museum
in Wamego, features a recreation of

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's farm house from the 1939 musical film ''

The Wizard of Oz ''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1939 American Musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Based on the 1900 novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left pro ...

''. * The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, in Hutchinson, is a museum that features the largest collection of artifacts from the Russian Space Program outside of Moscow. It is also home to

Apollo 13 Apollo 13 (April 1117, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo program, Apollo space program and would have been the third Moon landing. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the landing was abort ...

, an

SR-71 Blackbird The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. Its nicknames include " Blackbird" and ...

, and many space artifacts. * The Kansas Museum of History, in

, is the state museum. * The

Horace Greeley Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and newspaper editor, editor of the ''New-York Tribune''. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congres ...

museum in

Tribune Tribune () was the title of various elected officials in ancient Rome. The two most important were the Tribune of the Plebs, tribunes of the plebs and the military tribunes. For most of Roman history, a college of ten tribunes of the plebs ac ...

. * The Boyer Gallery, a collection of animated sculptures made by Paul Boyer is located in Belleville. * The fifth largest collection of civilian and military aircraft in the United States is located at the Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal. * The Sternberg Museum of Natural HistorySternberg Museum of Natural History
in Hays, features exhibits of several

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s discovered by

Charles Hazelius Sternberg Charles Hazelius Sternberg (June 15, 1850 – July 20, 1943) was an American fossil collector and paleontology, paleontologist. He was active in both fields from 1876 to 1928, and collected fossils for Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel C. Marsh, ...

as well as various temporary exhibits.

Historical

* Abilene is the ending point of the

Chisholm Trail The Chisholm Trail ( ) was a stock trail and wagon route used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in southern Texas, across the Red River into Indian Territory, and northward to rail stops in Kansas. The trail cons ...

where the cattle driven from Texas were loaded onto rail cars. * Constitution Hall in Lecompton is the building where the Kansas Territorial Government convened and drafted the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution of 1857. * Constitution Hall in

is the building where the Kansas Free State Government in the Kansas Territorial era convened and drafted the anti-slavery Topeka Constitution of 1855. * The

Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant was a smokeless powder and propellant manufacturing facility in De Soto, Kansas, De Soto within Johnson County, Kansas. Constructed after the attack on Attack on Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor pushed the United Sta ...

in De Soto opened in 1942 to manufacture gunpowder and munitions propellants for World War II. The closed plant sits on over 9000 acres (36 km²) of land which was made up of more than 100 farms. * The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics houses the largest collection of papers for a politician other than a president. The institute is located in Lawrence, on the campus of the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ...

. * The

Boot Hill Boot Hill, or Boothill, is the generic name of many Cemetery, cemeteries, chiefly in the Western United States. During the 19th and early 20th century it was a common name for the burial grounds for Potter's field, paupers. Origin of term Al ...

Museum in Dodge City features

Old West The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that bega ...

memorabilia and history. * The Dalton Defenders Museum, located in Coffeyville, commemorates the townspeople who died defending the town against the

Dalton Gang The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because three of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted doub ...

, who unsuccessfully attempted to rob two Coffeyville banks simultaneously on October 5, 1892. * Concordia is home of the historic Brown Grand Theatre and Camp Concordia, a World War II Prisoner of war camp. * The Debruce Center at the University of Kansas houses the original Rules of Basketball authored by James Naismith

Halls of Fame

*The Greyhound Hall of Fame is located in Abilene. * The National Teachers Hall of FameThe National Teachers Hall of Fame
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. Retrieved on 13 April 2007. is located in Emporia. * The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame is located in Bonner Springs.

Geological

* Big Basin Prairie Preserve contains Big Basin and Little Basin, two large sinkholes which are located in Clark County. * Arikaree Breaks are

badlands Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded."Badlands" in '' Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 47. They are characterized by steep slopes, ...

located in

Cheyenne County, Kansas Cheyenne County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is St. Francis. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,616. The county was named after the Cheye ...

. * The

Cimarron National Grassland Cimarron National Grassland is a National Grassland located in Morton County, Kansas, United States, with a very small part extending eastward into Stevens County. Cimarron National Grassland is located near Comanche National Grassland which ...

, Kansas's largest tract of public land, is located in Morton County. * Monument Rocks is a series of chalk arcs and other formations. Kansas also has many other formations of this nature. * The chalk formation Castle Rock (Kansas) and nearby badlands, near Quinter, Kansas. * Rock City, Kansas

Other

* The Biggest ball of twine, created August 15, 1953, in Cawker City. * The Big Well, the world's largest hand dug

well A well is an excavation or structure created on the earth by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The ...

, is in Greensburg. * Big Brutus, the largest electric

strip mining Surface mining, including strip mining, open-pit mining and mountaintop removal mining, is a broad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed, in contrast to underground mining, in which ...

shovel still in existence. On display in

West Mineral, Kansas West Mineral is a city in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 154. It is the home of Big Brutus, the second largest electric shovel in the world. History West Mineral was named fro ...

. * A replica of Norman Number 1 (supposedly the first oil derrick west of the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...

) and a small museum dedicated to it are located near the chamber of commerce building in Neodesha (located in the eastern end of the town, just before its Main Street merges with U.S. 75).

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