Jenna Whitfield

More than 3,200 plant varieties live under one roof here. That’s not a typo, and it’s not a…

By Jenna Whitfield · Nov 5

One Kansas hotel restaurant has guest room doors with cowboy-spur knockers. That detail alone makes me want to…

By Jenna Whitfield · Nov 4

More than 40 kinds of poinsettias fill one holiday shop, and some of them aren’t red or white…

By Jenna Whitfield · Nov 4

A Kansas coconut cream pie once beat out the whole country for the title of best slice in…

By Jenna Whitfield · Nov 3

Pickle breadsticks are real, and you can find them in a farm town with fewer than 500 residents.…

By Jenna Whitfield · Nov 3

One shop on this list is built from a single person’s 50-year collection. Another only opens its doors…

By Jenna Whitfield · Nov 2

A tiny counter diner just landed third place on a national list of the best roadside diners. It…

By Jenna Whitfield · Nov 2

Fossils from an ancient sea dot the rock formations around a clear prairie lake. Yes, sea fossils, in…

By Jenna Whitfield · Nov 1

The donut dough here takes three full days to make. It starts with a sourdough starter, which is…

By Jenna Whitfield · Nov 1

Freshwater fish is one of those meals that exposes a kitchen fast. Too heavy and the fish disappears.…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 31

“Are you really driving that far for a sandwich?” For a good corned beef sandwich, I think the…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 31

The steam engine that pulls this little railroad was built in 1919, and it’s the only operating steam…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 30

A fluffy wild cat named Collins wears a frown that never seems to clock out. He’s a Pallas’s…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 30

A university museum here keeps a live honeybee colony on display, right beside dinosaur fossils. That alone tells…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 29

A family of fifth-generation plantsmen and plantswomen runs this greenhouse, and their roots in local growing stretch back…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 29

One quilt shop on this list doubles as a toy store, with Lego bricks and art supplies sitting…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 28

A family legend from 1966 claims the Spurlocks return to a quiet farm town every October. Every fall,…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 28

The tiny jukebox selectors at the booths of this steakhouse no longer play a single song. They stay…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 27

A tiny pizza shop in a small town near the Oklahoma line keeps old-school pinball machines next to…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 27

Live crabs, crawfish, and eels are waiting in tanks at the back of a grocery store. Yes, a…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 26

The whole fried sea bass here soaks in a salt brine for 24 hours before it ever touches…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 26

One tiny burger counter in Kansas has just six seats, and its grill has been cooking since 1922.…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 25

One Kansas pie shop celebrates its 70th birthday in May 2026, and it still sets out a Sunday…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 25

Over 80,000 square feet of covered plant shopping sits along a quiet highway in the country. That is…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 24

Thousands upon thousands of fabrics fill one small shop, and plenty of them were rescued from estate sales…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 24

A stone castle sits on a prairie hilltop, and nobody charges you a dime to climb up and…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 23

Sheriff’s deputies have patrolled one tiny country graveyard on Halloween night just to keep thrill seekers out. The…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 23

One Kansas kitchen smokes its ribs for a full 24 hours. Not a typo. That’s an entire day…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 22

A grocery store that started life as the banquet room of a Chinese buffet? That’s a plot twist…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 22

A small-town cafe on the high plains claims the best pie in Southwest Kansas. That’s a bold title…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 21

In one small Kansas town, your ribs show up wrapped in foil and newspaper. No plate drama, no…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 21

A single lobster roll in Kansas packs a full third of a pound of lobster meat, with no…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 20

Some diners have reported hearing a train pull in at this restaurant, with screeching brakes and rattling wheels.…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 20

A dented can can save you real money, and one Kansas grocery has built a whole business around…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 19

More than 40 life-sized dinosaurs put on Halloween costumes every October, and then they start to glow. Yes,…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 19

A croissant and a muffin teamed up, got stuffed with pumpkin spice, and wore a crown of pumpkin…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 18

The line moves slowly, the pastry case keeps getting closer, and suddenly leaving does not seem like an…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 18

One antique mall in Kansas reportedly has about 10,000 postcards for sale. I can’t stop thinking about that…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 17

French fries piled with chicken shawarma, garlic sauce, cheddar, and pomegranate sauce. That dish exists, and it lives…

By Jenna Whitfield · Oct 17