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Kansas
What is there to do in a small Midwest town?? Let’s find out in Eudora Kansas
In between Kansas City and Lawrence, Kansas is the small town of Eudora. It lies on the plains,...
Would you make a Public Market a stop on your vacation?
When I first moved to Kansas, I noticed a buzz on the NextDoor app about a proposed neighborhood...
What did Kansas look like during the Roaring 20’s?
A living history museum is the closest we can get to experiencing the past. In Shawnee Kansas,...
Have you ever experienced Povitica?
When I lived in San Diego, I noticed an advertisement online for an exquisite pastry, that had...
An Art Center and History Museum cleverly combined
I had lived in Kansas eight years before I randomly discovered our own county history museum. I...
A startling mystery in Lawrence Kansas
Just beyond the metropolis of Kansas City is a town surrounded by farm fields. Lawrence, Kansas...
Are libraries really necessary anymore?
I have often heard this question posed, based on the reasoning that most everything a library...
Inside Fort Leavenworth
Are you the type of person who can (enviably) enjoy the serenity of your habitat? Or, like me, do...
What does Leavenworth Kansas have to teach us?
Museums are vaults of knowledge. I learn so much every time I go to a museum. That is why I was...
Treat yourself to a shopping day in Leavenworth Kansas
My sister often says "when you are having a rough day, pamper yourself". Even if it is as simple...
A Baroness comes to Baldwin City, Kansas
A small country town, just an hour's drive from the metropolis of Kansas City, has a stunning tale...
HOW does Serendipity happen?
I have always been enamored of serendipity. It is the random phenomenon of something suddenly...
Searching for the best coffee in Kansas City
Back in my hometown of San Diego, I had a friend who once said he wanted to find the best...
The voices of the brothel girls of the Wild West
A few years ago, I helped a Canadian author research a prostitute from the 1880's in Kansas City....
The sweet town of Oskaloosa, Kansas 🌻
Who is Ashlie who imparted this endearing sentiment to the world? I met Ashlie, in a way,...
Aubrey Vineyards -a boutique winery just outside of Kansas City
As Winter begrudgingly gives way to Spring in the midwest, wintertide often speaks its final words...
Stone Pillar – a historic winery in Olathe, Kansas
On a chilly Spring afternoon, I visited Stone Pillar Winery to enjoy a warming fire pit, a...
Concordia Kansas is a jewel in the middle of farm fields.
Do you know who this is? Boston Corbett. Do you recognize his famous name? I...
The National Orphan Train museum
I sat on the ground in front of this sweet boy, in Concordia Kansas. His tiny soul touched...
Making peace with a cemetery.
When I am researching for my clients, I often need to go to cemeteries as the last piece of the...
Colorful Christmas in Wichita, Kansas
I have a friend here who is a native of Kansas. She told me I had to see the Botanical...
The ground hides history.
In the country, outside of Lawrence, Kansas, is a winery. I drove out to visit it today,...
Serendipity in Bonner Spring, Kansas
Hi! I am Cami. Near my home is a winery named Serendipity. I like to go there...
Is Tonganoxie a town where superheroes secretly live?
Oh no. I am not one of the superheroes. I wanted to set the stage with a pictorial...