Sightseeing
Local GemHays
FreeA northwest Kansas city visitor bureau promoting local history, the Sternberg Museum, and Historic Fort Hays.
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Nicodemus National Historic Site
Nicodemus National Historic Site is a sightseeing stop in Nicodemus, KS. Cost: free.
304 Washington Ave · Nicodemus, KS
Why you should go…
Nicodemus was founded in 1877, and formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of Reconstruction to settle it and seek freedom on the Kansas plains. Start at the Township Hall visitor center for exhibits and the park's short films, then step inside the AME Church. The site holds five historic buildings, including the St. Francis Hotel, the First Baptist Church and the District No. 1 schoolhouse, and you can tour the town on foot, by car or by bicycle.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Nicodemus National Historic Site, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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Sternberg Museum of Natural History
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