Kansas

The Sunflower State

Wide-open prairie that still looks much like it did to the wagon trains — plus aviation history in Wichita and the only true tallgrass prairie preserve.

Capital

Topeka

Largest city

Wichita

Region

Midwest

Best time to visit

April–June and September–October.

Highlights

• ·Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
• ·Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City
• ·Strataca underground salt mine, Hutchinson
• ·Kansas Cosmosphere