Although known for its flat landscape, Kansas has a lot of offer visitors. Nearly everywhere you go in Kansas you will find some piece of Old West history whether it is in a landmark or a living history presentation. Dodge City Days is held every year and the Wild West times are reenacted with a complete rodeo. Atchison, Kansas is the east is the birthplace of the famous aviator Amelia Earhart. An excellent museum can be found in Wichita with the Old Cowtown Museum which showcases the period between 1865 and 1880. The pride of Topeka is the large Topeka Zoo.
The largest city in Kansas is Wichita which has about one-fifth of the states population. Travelers can find a variety of attractions in this city. The most famous is the Old Cowtown Museum. Other options are the Wichita Greyhound Park that offer greyhound races. You can visit a piece of space history at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center where you can see the actual command module from the Apollo 13 space mission. For those who like culture there is the Wichita Center for the Arts that has a professional community theater, two art galleries and an art school.
Topeka is the state capital and not only...