Lucas, Kansas US Highway 18 in Central Kansas

If you enjoy folk art, you should make a point of visiting Lucas, Kansas. It was designated the "Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas" by Governor Graves in 1996. The Lucas community of only 460 people offers more interesting attractions than communities many times larger. All within easy walking distance.

Just 15 miles north of I-70 along the the beautiful Post Rock Scenic Byway (Kansas Highway 232). The photo of Wilson Lake on the home page of Kansas Travel was taken along the Byway.

I think that Lucas, Kansas is one of the neatest little communities that you will find anywhere. If you haven't visited Lucas, you haven't seen Kansas.

Brant's Meat Market features fine fresh meats as well as dry cured bacon, beef jerky, homemade Czech bologna, and wonderful smoked link sausages. The market has been operating for 83 years, over 70 of those years by the same family.
Flying Pig Studio & Gallery, owned by artist Eric Abraham, moved to Lucas in 2004. The whimsical, fine porcelain studio occupies an older limestone building that was first a farm implement store and then an automobile dealership.
Florence Deeble began constructing her Rock Garden using rocks brought back from her travels and recreating scenes from her travels when she was 50 years old and continued nearly 50 years.
S. P. Dinsmoor was a a retired schoolteacher and Civil War veteran who moved to Lucas, Kansas in 1891. During most of the remaining 31 years of his life, he created a unforgettable legacy known as the Garden of Eden.
The Garden of Isis features 5 rooms of Mri-Pilar's bizare art made from doll bodies, toys, kitchen utensils and other recycled materials.
The Grassroots Art Center in Lucas promotes self taught artists from around the state of Kansas, with an emphasis on the folk artists who did most of their work in Lucas. The Center occupies three late 18th Century buildings downtown Lucas.
The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things Traveling Roadside Attraction and Museum. Although it is best enjoyed while on the road, it can be viewed at its home in Lucas the rest of the year.

A. Garden of Eden B. World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest      Versions of the World's Largest Things C. Grassroots' Art Center D. Flying Pig Gallery & Brant's Meat Market E. Florence Deeble’s Rock Garden & Garden of Isis

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