No affiliate links here! Just the places we actually go back to, week after week and season after season, out here in the Flint Hills.
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Wamego's Wizard of Oz Trail
Local Flavor
Farms, Pumpkins & Fresh Finds
History & Wide-Open Kansas
Treasure Hunting
Wamego's Wizard of Oz Trail
Wamego leans all the way into its Oz obsession, and honestly, it works.
Follow it through downtown Wamego; it's a fun, easy stop even if you're just passing through.
Yellow Brick Road - Wamego, KS
A surprisingly deep collection for such a small town. Worth the visit even if you're not an Oz superfan.
OZ Museum / Columbian Theatre
Good wine, better theme, a fun stop to end a Wamego afternoon.
Oz Winery
Local Flavor
The places we actually go back to, not just the ones that look good in photos.
A genuine local favorite for a sit-down meal.
Friendship House
Real Kansas-made cheese, and a great stop if you're driving through Alma.
Alma Cheese
Our go-to for a coffee run in town.
Mels Gathering Spot
Farms, Pumpkins & Fresh Finds
Way more than a produce stop: think u-pick flower fields, a mega slide, a paintball range, and a walk-in bird enclosure the kids never want to leave. We go for an afternoon, not just a grocery run.
A & H Farm
Another farm that's grown into a full outing, not just a produce run: a massive sunflower field, corn mazes, a giant slide and zip lines each fall, plus a petting zoo and hayrack rides. They also host private events like barn parties and bonfires if ...
Britts Farm
A great fall tradition if you've got kids (or just love pumpkin patches as much as we do).
Little Munchkins Pumpkin Patch
History & Wide-Open Kansas
Some of the best parts of rural Kansas aren't for sale, they're just here to be seen.
A small-town museum that actually does a great job telling the area's story.
Wabaunsee County Museum
A quiet, scenic spot for a walk or an afternoon outdoors.
Lake Wabaunsee
Genuinely one of the best places to see what the Flint Hills actually looked like before they were farmed. A must if you've never been.
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Treasure Hunting
For the days you've got nowhere to be.
A giant treasure chest of a store — think Ali Baba's cavern, but Kansas-style. You could spend hours in here and still not see everything
