The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Kansas
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated June 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 316 roadside attractions in Kansas.
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1. Bones of Famous Elephant (Closed)
Salina, KS
Snyder went on a rampage and had to be killed; his bones are here -- but no longer on display!
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2. The Underground
Ellinwood, KS
Ellinwood's two-block-long underground was a popular spot for illicit commerce, drinking, and gunfights back in the good ol' days.
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3. Zebra Safari Men
Sedan, KS
Safari Men dummies in a zebra-striped car sit in a field next to a road, advertising a now-closed restaurant. The men's clothes are falling apart.
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4. World's Tallest Mennonite
Newton, KS
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5. Carry Nation's Whackin' Hatchet
Medicine Lodge, KS
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6. Last Steps on the Moon
Hutchinson, KS
Outdoor bronze sculpture of Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan leaving bronze footprints on the Moon, as he was departing to return to Earth in December 1972.
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7. Baby Burger with Goofy Face
Manhattan, KS
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8. World's Largest Easel
Goodland, KS
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9. Bonnie And Clyde's Shotgun
Galena, KS
Emblazoned above the entrance to this pawn shop are the words, "Home of the Bonnie and Clyde Shotgun." It was kept as a memento by a policeman who was shot by it.
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10. John Brown Cabin in a Building
Osawatomie, KS
When he was in Kansas, the 19th century militant abolitionist lived here and shot at people outside. The old cabin is preserved from the elements inside of another, more recent, building.
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11. Dalton Gang Hideout: Secret Escape Tunnel
Meade, KS
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12. Geographical Center of the 48 States
Lebanon, KS
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13. Famous Fish-Within-A-Fish Fossil
Hays, KS
A fish, fossilized after just eating a smaller fish, which was also fossilized. Discovered in Kansas in 1952. "If you come through Kansas again you must see that fossil."
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14. Station 15: Wild West Superstars
Norton, KS
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15. "Monarch of the Plains" Bison Statue
Hays, KS
1967 limestone sculpture by artist Pete Felten depicts an American bison, the Monarch of the Plains.
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16. House of the "In Cold Blood" Murders
Holcomb, KS
The home where Richard Hickock and Perry Edward Smith impulsively shotgunned the Clutter family in 1959, eventually launching the celebrity career of Truman Capote.
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17. Dinosaurs, Nursery Rhyme scenes
Independence, KS
The Corythosaurus from the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, along with more dinosaurs and nursery rhyme statues, populate a local park that contains other surprises.
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18. Santa Fe Trail Tracks
Dodge City, KS
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19. Odd Sign: Needle in a Haystack
Severy, KS
Perched atop a silo is a fake haystack punctured by a large, threaded needle.
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20. Highway Bear
Stilwell, KS
Built in the 1960s by Weldon Epperson, generations of travelers have waved and honked at this waving bruin. "Highway Bear" was restored in 2019.
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21. Indoor Uniroyal Gal (Gone)
Lawrence, KS
Fiberglass bikini-clad giantess held aloft a martini glass inside a pizza-burger-cheesesteak establishment with high ceilings.
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22. Kansas's Oldest Swinging Bridge
Moline, KS
It's been keeping the feet dry of Moline's pedestrians -- and of adventurous tourists -- since 1904.
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23. Gates of Hell
Stull, KS
An otherwise innocuous cemetery that, according to urban legend, is the site of one of seven U.S. portals to the netherworld.
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24. Kansas Barbed Wired Museum
La Crosse, KS
Everything you ever wanted to know about barbed wire is here. Over 2,000 varieties are on display. Don't lean against the exhibits.
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25. Statue of Deafy Boular, the Legless Bricklayer
Atchison, KS
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