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Scene of brutal murders that inspired Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"
In their two-story brick home at the end of Oak Street in the rural town of Holcomb, Kan., Herb and Bonnie Clutter and their two teenagers were found bound and shot to death in November 1959.... »
Disaster Areas | Edited by Nicholas Jackson
The United States largest hand-dug well, with a new museum on the way
Kansans, it seems, have dug themselves into a hole, and they couldn't be happier about it.
Boasted as the world's largest hand dug well, and known as "The Big Well" it was begun in 1884, with... »
Subterranean Sites | Edited by Dylan
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin
One of the "Eight Wonders of Kansas Art," the Garden of Eden is a home and sculpture park built by civil war veteran Samuel Dinsmoor. Dinsmoor was a farmer, mason and political radical who often... »
Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved
On June 25, 1876 the five companies of the US 7th Cavalry under the command of Gen. George Armstrong Custer were annihilated by a force of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne at the Battle of the Little... »
Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by afgustaf, Kalia_K and others
Curious Rock formations in the flattest state in the US
Just north of Kanopolis Lake and a mile south of US-40 at Carneiro, KS, is Kansas's smallest state park. It may be a mere five acres, but the tiny park is home to some unique and very unexpected... »
Geological Oddities | Edited by mcandyt and wythe
