Wichita, Kansas Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Wichita and the surrounding area. Wichita may not leap to mind as a nexus of oddities, but it is. For culture, there's the Pizza Hut Museum. For art, there's the statue of WuShock, the fighting-mad wheat (and possibly America's weirdest sports mascot). One of America's first Civil Rights sit-in lunch counters has been immortalized -- in bronze. There's a troll under a sidewalk grate. Neighboring towns boast of a talking transparent woman and the world's first Batwing gas station.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Valeda The Talking Transparent Woman
Halstead, Kansas
A life-size see-through plastic model explains her anatomy and the mysteries of life.
World's First Batwing Gas Station
Haysville, Kansas
Built in 1954, restored in 2007. Looks as extreme and futuristic as the day it opened, although you can't buy gas there any more.
Pizza Hut Museum
Wichita, Kansas
Pizza Hut was invented by two Wichita State University students. The first Hut was moved onto the campus as a hut-size museum.
Carry Nation Statue
Wichita, Kansas
Saloon-smasher Carry A. Nation began her destructive career here in late 1900. Her statue holds a Bible in one hand and a whackin' hatchet in the other.
In and Around Wichita
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Kansas attractions.
- Wichita: Sit-In Lunch Counter in Bronze [tips]
- Wichita: Boy and the Boot
- Wichita: The Troll
- Wichita: Carry Nation Statue
- Wichita: Keeper of the Plains: Ring of Fire [tips]
- Wichita: Museum of World Treasures
- Wichita: Stonehenge Jr. [tips]
- Wichita: Old Cowtown Museum - Wild West Town [tips]
- Wichita: Steampunk Yard Artist [tips]
- Wichita: Muffler Man [tips]
- Wichita: WuShock, Fighting-Mad Wheat
- Wichita: Pizza Hut Museum
- Wichita: Bright Spot for Health aka The Pyradomes [tips]
- Wichita: Haunted Kansas Aviation Museum
- Haysville: World's First Batwing Gas Station
- Wichita: Bumper Guard Bulls [tips]
- Derby: Field Station: Dinosaurs
- Rose Hill: Jurassic Art: Welded Dinosaurs [tips]
- Newton: Beatles Mural [tips]
- Newton: World's Tallest Mennonite
- Halstead: Valeda The Talking Transparent Woman
