The Gothic Travel Guide

05/13/2025

Parsons, Kansas

04/25/2025

04/25/2025

04/25/2025

Adding to my list if places to visit 👻 💀

04/24/2025

Paper Moon is one of the best movies filmed in Kansas - it was shot in the early 1970s. Let's look at some Paper Moon filming locations!

04/22/2025

We've got so much natural beauty and history that it's no wonder there are so many weird facts about Kansas.

04/20/2025

1970’s look at the Omaha skyline from Eppley Airport

04/19/2025

I always eat at Mel's when I'm at home visiting family.

04/14/2025

In 1904, at age 64, Civil War veteran Samuel Perry Dinsmoor started building his cabin home and the Garden of Eden in Lucas. For the cabin's exterior, he chose postrock limestone, the fine-quality building stone used in many commercial buildings, houses, barns, and fence posts in the area. The sculptures are concrete. Completed in 1928, Dinsmoor's home and visionary sculptures are prime examples of the Grassroots Art genre. Lucas is located on Post Rock Scenic Byway. https://www.gardenofedenlucas.org/ https://www.travelks.com/listing/garden-of-eden/1707/ https://www.travelks.com/things-to-do/byways-and-highways/byways/post-rock/

04/14/2025

We plan on visiting Lindsborg either this year or next. We'll have to check this out!

Across Kansas we have encountered a number of dugouts where Kansans lived in the 1800s and many have interesting stories. This was the dugout outside Lindsborg, where Gustaf and Maria Höglund lived in 1868. They used their former covered wagon as the roof. It is free to visit at 12th Avenue and Swenson.

04/11/2025

Cool event alert! Watkins Museum of History and City of Lawrence, Kansas - Municipal Government will host Lawrence Earth Day Fair on April 19th, from 1 - 4 pm. This free event will happen in South Park in Downtown Lawrence and feature lots of earth-friendly crafts and activities for you and your family.

04/10/2025

Although there are more Volga crosses at Holy Cross Church Cemetery in Pfeifer, Kansas, these beautiful crosses are found in St. Fidelis Cemetery in Victoria, Kansas. The crosses are part of the ethnic heritage of the German speaking people from the Volga River area of south Russia who settled this part of Kansas.

Info for visiting: http://www.kansastravel.org/stfideliscemetery.htm