To be honest, Kansas gets pretty weird sometimes.
If it isn’t our weather, it’s some guy taking a boat to prom, or a strange building you might happen across. There’s always something odd to check out here in the Sunflower State. Sometimes you’ve just got to accept it. These 9 strange spots in Kansas are sure to make you do a double take.
- The Barbed Wire Museum in Dodge City
Emily Bell/Flickr It’s kind of odd that we’d have a whole museum dedicated to barbed wire, but history is history, I guess!
- Mushroom Rock in Ellsworth
Lane Pearman/Flickr This one isn’t too weird if you’ve been here before, but to the outsider’s eye, this rock is out of place in a non-mushroom-shaped world.
- Deafy Boular in Atchison
YouTube Deafy Boular was apparently a man with two missing legs, and he refused to wear his prosthetics, opting instead to use his shorter stature to lay the bricks in Atchison’s roads. Suit yourself!
- Truckhenge in Topeka
Lynae Zebest/Flickr Surely you’re never ready to see trucks (and a bus) stuck into the ground amongst political statements such as “rise up” and other funny plays on words.
- The Muffler Man in Wichita
Randy/Flickr I don’t know the history behind the Muffler Man (every state seems to have one!) but the one in Wichita is particularly creepy.
- The Museum of Odd in Lawrence
Museum of Odd Facebook A couch covered in sock monkeys will surely make you look twice. So will everything else in this museum, especially if you’re not expecting what you find.
- MT Liggett’s Political Art in Mullinville
Jackie Langholz/Flickr You might not be ready for the messages he’s sending out with his art form. Or are you?
- Wheat Jesus in Colby
Christopher Sebela/Flickr Yes, this oddly strange photo of Jesus casually hanging out in some wheat is painted on a billboard, and he’s watching you.
- This rock in a cage
Drumbabe/RoadsideAmerica In Lindsborg, at the Old Mill Museum, there’s… a rock in a cage. It’s their pet rock, apparently, and it’s in a cage because it’s been eating children. What?
If you’re looking for more “weird” Kansas things, you can always take a look at some of the habits our people have.
Emily Bell/Flickr
It’s kind of odd that we’d have a whole museum dedicated to barbed wire, but history is history, I guess!
Lane Pearman/Flickr
This one isn’t too weird if you’ve been here before, but to the outsider’s eye, this rock is out of place in a non-mushroom-shaped world.
YouTube
Deafy Boular was apparently a man with two missing legs, and he refused to wear his prosthetics, opting instead to use his shorter stature to lay the bricks in Atchison’s roads. Suit yourself!
Lynae Zebest/Flickr
Surely you’re never ready to see trucks (and a bus) stuck into the ground amongst political statements such as “rise up” and other funny plays on words.
Randy/Flickr
I don’t know the history behind the Muffler Man (every state seems to have one!) but the one in Wichita is particularly creepy.
Museum of Odd Facebook
A couch covered in sock monkeys will surely make you look twice. So will everything else in this museum, especially if you’re not expecting what you find.
Jackie Langholz/Flickr
You might not be ready for the messages he’s sending out with his art form. Or are you?
Christopher Sebela/Flickr
Yes, this oddly strange photo of Jesus casually hanging out in some wheat is painted on a billboard, and he’s watching you.
Drumbabe/RoadsideAmerica
In Lindsborg, at the Old Mill Museum, there’s… a rock in a cage. It’s their pet rock, apparently, and it’s in a cage because it’s been eating children. What?
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