Category: Kansas...

eating barbecue at Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City or driving across Kansas when the wheat is ready for harvest
the state's name is derived from that of the Kansa, or Kaw, Indians
Kansas is the geographic center of the 48 states - marked in a pasture in Lebanon, by the Nebraska border; 40 miles away is the magnetic/geodetic center of North America - the reference point for all land survey in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
millions of years ago, Kansas was the floor of an inland sea and prehistoric fossils of great importance have been found here
the only extensive unplowed tract of true prairie left in the U.S. (Flint Hills)
sunflowers growing in profusion
I'm as corny as Kansas in August. (O. Hammerstein II)
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. (Dorothy in Wizard of Oz)
When I write, I am in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas. (G. Plimpton)