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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lawrence

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lawrence, Kansas

Updated September 2, 2021

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Bottlecap people lining the shelves on Walker’s kitchen.

Lawrence, Kansas

Museum of Odd

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.
Comanche’s final resting place: on display at the University of Kansas

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Comanche, Survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.
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The North Shelves.

Baldwin City, Kansas

Coal Creek Library

One of the oldest continually operated libraries in Kansas.
9 miles from Lawrence
Black Jack Battlefield

Wellsville, Kansas

Black Jack Battlefield

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.
15 miles from Lawrence

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Rock in Road

A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.
15 miles from Lawrence
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Lanesfield Historic Site

Built in 1869, this one-room rural schoolhouse welcomes visitors to travel back to 1904 school day.
18 miles from Lawrence
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Lenexa, Kansas

Lake Lenexa Dam and Spillway

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.
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The Sunflower State has a reputation for being flat—in fact, scientists have shown that it is objectively way flatter than a pancake. Far from being featureless, though, Kansas can be mind-bending in its own weird way. Maybe it all started with The Wizard of Oz. From a missile silo that once dominated the world's LSD supply to rock formations shaped like mushrooms, roadside art that will make you think you've been whisked away by a tornado, and a giant pile of sock monkeys, Kansas is full of treasures that are sure to make you do a double take.

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Jim Dickerman’s sculptures are magical and a little brain-scrambling.

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