The Gothic Travel Guide

Parsons, Kansas

[I’ll share my own spooky experience 👻 below.] Did you know about Excelsior Springs, Missouri’s spooky history? It’s only half an hour from Kansas City and full of history, cute shops, outdoor adventures, and 👻! Excelsior Springs, Missouri has multiple buildings that are rumored to be haunted, including the Elms Hotel, Hall of Waters, and an old veterans hospital that has since been torn down. Want to take a ghost tour? You can sign up for a Paranormal Ghost Tour with ghost detecting equipment through Visit Excelsior Springs, Missouri for $40/per person for a 5-hour tour. Or you can take group tour at the Elms for $25/per person. FOLLOW for more interesting places in Kansas City and the Midwest! SHARE this if you like learning about haunted places. I’ll share my potentially paranormal experience in the comments. Let me know what you think. Was it a ghost or something else? . . . . Places in Missouri . Haunted places . Day trip from Kansas City . Weekend trip from Kansas City #kansascity #kcmo #kc #missouri #missouriadventure #excelsiorsprings #excelsiorspringsmo #haunted

Adding to my list if places to visit 👻 💀

Jerome, Arizona is such a unique town filled with so much history! And tons of haunted locations throughout the whole city, including the Jerome Grand Hotel 👻

Paper Moon Filming Locations Paper Moon is one of the best movies filmed in Kansas - it was shot in the early 1970s. Let's look at some Paper Moon filming locations!

Interesting, Weird Facts About Kansas That You May Not Know We've got so much natural beauty and history that it's no wonder there are so many weird facts about Kansas.

1970’s look at the Omaha skyline from Eppley Airport

I always eat at Mel's when I'm at home visiting family.

In 1904, at age 64, Civil War veteran Samuel Perry Dinsmoor started building his cabin home and the Garden of Eden in Lucas. For the cabin's exterior, he chose postrock limestone, the fine-quality building stone used in many commercial buildings, houses, barns, and fence posts in the area. The sculptures are concrete. Completed in 1928, Dinsmoor's home and visionary sculptures are prime examples of the Grassroots Art genre. Lucas is located on Post Rock Scenic Byway. https://www.gardenofedenlucas.org/ https://www.travelks.com/listing/garden-of-eden/1707/ https://www.travelks.com/things-to-do/byways-and-highways/byways/post-rock/

We plan on visiting Lindsborg either this year or next. We'll have to check this out!

Across Kansas we have encountered a number of dugouts where Kansans lived in the 1800s and many have interesting stories. This was the dugout outside Lindsborg, where Gustaf and Maria Höglund lived in 1868. They used their former covered wagon as the roof. It is free to visit at 12th Avenue and Swenson.

Cool event alert! Watkins Museum of History and City of Lawrence, Kansas - Municipal Government will host Lawrence Earth Day Fair on April 19th, from 1 - 4 pm. This free event will happen in South Park in Downtown Lawrence and feature lots of earth-friendly crafts and activities for you and your family.

Although there are more Volga crosses at Holy Cross Church Cemetery in Pfeifer, Kansas, these beautiful crosses are found in St. Fidelis Cemetery in Victoria, Kansas. The crosses are part of the ethnic heritage of the German speaking people from the Volga River area of south Russia who settled this part of Kansas.

Info for visiting: http://www.kansastravel.org/stfideliscemetery.htm