Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
National Historic Site of the United States in Topeka, Kansas.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

The town has no place on our list of its own; 7 are within 40 miles. Among them are 4 museums, 2 zoos & aquariums and a garden. Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, 43 mi away, is the best-known day out.

National Historic Site of the United States in Topeka, Kansas.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
To the southeast is where most of the 7 lie.
Orange: Sherman Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
12 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.
National Historic Site of the United States in Topeka, Kansas.
Heritage center, science center in Manhattan, Kansas.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Sherman Township →
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Combat Air Museum: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Kansas Museum of History: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flint Hills Discovery Center: Kgwo1972, CC BY-SA 3.0 · U.S. Cavalry Museum: US Army, Public domain · Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum: Kenraiz, Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic Site: OldPrairieTown1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Reinisch Rose Garden and Doran Rock Garden: Marion Doss, CC BY-SA 2.0