Alma · US
Wabaunsee County Historical Society & Museum
Set in Alma, the quiet county seat of Wabaunsee County in the Kansas Flint Hills, the Wabaunsee County Historical Society & Museum is a small but deeply felt local museum that tells the story of one of the state's most distinctive grassland regions. Housed in a 1906 building on the very site of the first Wabaunsee County Courthouse, it gathers the people, places, schools and everyday lives of this prairie county into photo-and-artifact displays that reward anyone who likes history with a human scale.
The museum is run by a volunteer-driven historical society whose mission is to keep the county's memory alive for future generations. Admission is a free will donation, ratings from visitors run high, and the building is wheelchair accessible—making it an easy, welcoming stop on a road trip through the Flint Hills or a detour for travelers curious about Kansas's border-state past.