Kick-It Picks Things to Do in Kansas
The stops worth the drive — and the truth about the ones that aren't.
Everything you think you know about Kansas, you learned at 75 miles an hour. This is the other version: the last tallgrass prairie on Earth, an Apollo capsule in a farm town, chalk pyramids on the high plains, and a salt mine you ride an elevator down into. The picks worth leaving the interstate for.
Regions: Northeast · Flint Hills · South Central · Southeast · High Plains
Everything below is a Kick-It Pick — the entries we’d grab you by the collar for. Each one is pulled from Kick the Bucket List: Kansas, our 120-stop field guide, and each carries a blunt Bucket Rating so you know what’s non-negotiable and what to skip. Prices and hours drift; we stamp every page with the date we checked it and fix what changes.
The Big Ten
Stand in the Last of the Tallgrass
Non-negotiableTouch a Spacecraft That Went to the Moon
Non-negotiableFind the Chalk Pyramids on the High Plains
Non-negotiableWatch the Ring of Fire Burn for the Keeper
Worth the driveThe Great Outdoors
Oddities
Eats
Road Trips
Small Towns
Month by Month
Get all 120 in Kick the Bucket List: Kansas
These are the marquee Kick-It Picks. The book has 120 — adventures, eats, road trips, and the small towns worth the detour — each with a checkbox, a date line, and a Bucket Rating. Fill it in. Score yourself.
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