Marquette, Kansas: Mushroom Rock State Park

Mushroom Rock State Park is a cool place to stop and stretch your legs. Great photo ops -- bring your selfie stick!

Don't go after the rain with a trailer. It's a dirt road and the mud is really soft. Even with our Ford F-150 we were getting stuck, but miraculously managed to back up out of there.

Not so much a park as a little pullout by the road, but definitely worth a stop if you're in the area. There are two mushroom rocks, one on either side of the road. As mentioned by an earlier tipster, the rocks are covered with carved initials and names.

There are actually two mushroom rocks at this location. Very picturesque. If you want to be able to get on top of a mushroom rock for a prime photo op, bring a ladder. Or you could do what we did, and pull your car up underneath the mushroom and get on top of it by standing on the roof of your car.

Surely this is one of the smallest state parks in the country - just a spot along the road really; not even a parking lot. Near historic Smoky Hill Wagon Trail, these formations served as a landmark and meeting place to both pioneers and Native Americans. Though clearly a detriment to the rocks' support, over a century's worth of traveler's names are carved into the soft rock pedestals.