Kansas

Some of the best road trip finds show up when you least expect them, sitting quietly beside a…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 27

Some restaurants stick around because they refuse to change, and folks in this Kansas town keep coming back…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 26

Some restaurants earn a spot on the map, and others become the reason people drive six hours across…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 25

Kansas gets typecast as a land of flat wheat fields and nothing else, and honestly, that reputation is…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 24

There is a spot in central Kansas where the food comes out fast, the portions could feed a…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 23

Kansas takes its smoked meat seriously, and some of the best barbecue in the state sits far from…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 22

Kansas hides some of its sweetest treasures in towns you might blow right past on the highway. Cinnamon…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 21

Some places make you feel like you have wandered into a slower, gentler chapter of American history, and…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 20

Kansas might be famous for wheat fields and long stretches of highway, but it also hides some seriously…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 19

Some places hide their best surprises just out of sight. From the parking lot in the flat Kansas…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 18

Kansas is full of small towns that reward you for slowing down and staying a while. Some are…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 17

Kansas is full of little diners where the pie case near the counter is the real reason people…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 16

Kansas has a way of slowing life down in the best possible way, and its small towns are…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 15

Somewhere in the rolling grasslands of central Kansas sits a small city where the traffic lights are few,…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 14

Kansas gets stuck with a flat, boring reputation, but the state parks tell a very different story. From…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 13

Some meals are worth a long stretch of highway, a full tank, and a rumbling stomach that keeps…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 12

Some trails hand you the good stuff right away, and others make you work a little for it.…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 11

Kansas might sit smack in the middle of the country, but that has never stopped its cooks from…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 10

Soda fountains once sat at the center of small-town life in Kansas, and a surprising number of them…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 9

Burnt ends are one of Kansas City’s greatest gifts to the food world, and Kansas takes them seriously.…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 8

Some Kansas towns are so small you could almost miss them if you blinked at the wrong moment.…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 7

Kansas might not be the first place that comes to mind when you picture rolling vineyards, but the…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 6

Some towns are built for rushing through, and some are built for slowing down. Council Grove, Kansas sits…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 5

Some shops sell you a single thing. Others hand you an afternoon and dare you to leave without…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 4

Kansas has a way of surprising people who think it is all flat highways and wheat fields. Scattered…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 3

Most bowling alleys traded in their old wooden floors for slick synthetic strips years ago. One little spot…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 2

Somewhere in north-central Kansas sits a white Victorian home where chocolates wait on the beds and a chess…

By Derek Whitmore · Sep 1

Some towns are built for slowing down, and Lindsborg is one of them. Known as Little Sweden USA,…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 31

Kansas raises a lot of cattle, so it makes sense that some of the best steaks in the…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 30

Somewhere in Wichita, waitresses still wear poodle skirts and ponytails, and every table has its own little jukebox…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 22

Some breakfast spots hand you a menu and leave you to figure things out. This one greets newcomers…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 21

Some places hold onto traditions long after the rest of the world moves on, and one little roadside…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 20

Some places in Kansas have been feeding the same neighborhoods for so long that families now share the…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 19

Kansas gets pegged as flat farm country, and that reputation misses one of the most surprising spots in…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 18

Kansas has plenty of open prairie, but hidden along a quiet dirt road sits a five-acre wonder that…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 17

Kansas has a reputation for wide-open plains and friendly faces, but the towns here offer a lot more…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 16

Kansas is full of small towns where the local diner is more than a place to eat. It…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 15

Some breakfast spots serve pancakes. This one serves cinnamon rolls so wide they hang off the edge of…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 14

Somewhere in a quiet Kansas neighborhood, a grand old house has quietly held onto its early 1900s soul.…

By Derek Whitmore · Aug 13