Dodge City, Kansas was once known as the “Wickedest City in the West” due to its reputation for lawlessness.

Kansas is known as the “Sunflower State” because it produces over half of the world’s sunflowers.

The first woman mayor in the United States was Susan Madora Salter, who was elected in Argonia, Kansas in 1887.

The world’s largest ball of twine is located in Cawker City, Kansas.

In 2015, the town of Lucas, Kansas was declared the “Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas”.

The only World War I museum in the United States is located in Kansas City, Kansas.

In 1959, Kansas became the first state to prohibit racial discrimination in public accommodations.

The world’s largest hand-dug well is located in Greensburg, Kansas and is 109 feet deep.

The first Pizza Hut restaurant was opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1958.

Kansas has an official state soil, called Harney silt loam.

The world’s first helicopter was invented and built by Igor Sikorsky in Wichita, Kansas in 1939.

Kansas is the flattest state in the United States.

The “Little House on the Prairie” books by Laura Ingalls Wilder are set in Kansas.

Kansas has the largest population of wild grouse in the United States.

The longest wheat field in the world is located in Kansas and stretches for over 150 miles.

The first woman to win an Olympic gold medal was Kansas native Margaret Abbott, who won the golf tournament in Paris in 1900.

The first African American to serve in the United States Senate, Hiram Revels, was a Kansas resident.

The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia Earhart, was born in Atchison, Kansas in 1897.

The “Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States” is located in a small town called Belle Fourche, Kansas.

The “Leaning Tower of Kansas” is a 25-foot-tall tower in the town of Galesburg that leans at a 10-degree angle.

The town of Nicodemus, Kansas was founded in 1877 by African American settlers and is now a National Historic Site.

The world’s first electric guitar was invented and built in Wichita, Kansas by George Beauchamp in 1931.

The “OZ Museum” in Wamego, Kansas is dedicated to all things Wizard of Oz and includes artifacts and exhibits related to the classic movie.

The “Kansas Underground Salt Museum” in Hutchinson, Kansas is built inside an active salt mine and includes exhibits on the history of salt mining in the area.