Comment Re:Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (Score 1) 363
I would enthusiastically second this recommendation. I have traveled pretty extensively and this museum was surprisingly amazing. It is very deceptive as it has a small footprint above ground and is next to a high school football stadium, but most of the museum is below ground. When I went they also had a very well done and quite informative live science show that was geared towards kids but was perfectly good for adults as well. Also nearby is http://www.undergroundmuseum.org/index.php which is the only salt mine open to the public in the Western Hemisphere. I believe that it was also featured on an episode of dirty jobs as well. I spent a few months in Kansas and found both of these sites as part of the eight wonders of Kansas. I no longer live there, but will definitely make a trip back with my family in the future.