10/09/2026
Cloud County Tourism rarely travels without doing a bit of exploring along the way. 🚗 This time we got to do it with Deb Lange, Concordia Broadway Plaza/CloudCorp. We explored some great North Central Kansas Tourism counties!
🪦On the way to the Kansas Business Awards we stopped at Bennington Cemetery where we noticed a “mausoleum” built into the side of a hill. We love things that are out of the ordinary. We just happened to see it as we drove by. We’d be curious about the history there.
🥪 Headed to Abilene for lunch at Susie's Deli LLC. It’s located in a cute Victorian house and the food was delicious! We’d definitely recommend the chicken salad sandwich and macaroni salad.
On the way home we made several more stops.
🍳 Started off with breakfast at The Big Biscuit where our waiter Marcel made the morning even more fun.
⛺️ A roadside attraction off the beaten path is the Teepee outside of Lawrence. It was part of a 1930s business referred to as Indian Village. Once home to a gas station, restaurant, dance hall, and 14 concrete teepee cabins. Now only one cabin remains and the building that housed the restaurant. There are markers along the front of the teepee cabin that show the water lines from the 1935 and 1951 Kansas River floods.
✝️ Then we headed to St. Marys. They have such a cute downtown. Sugar Creek Country Store, Florence Adams, and The Ivy House were our stops today.
🐾 Next stop the World’s Largest Toto in Wamego! So cute, Visit Wamego!
🌻 And of course any trip along 24 Hwy has to stop at The Fork in the Road outside of Riley.
🍎 On the other side of Riley is Creekside at Fall Color Farms market. It’s such a beautiful location and you can pick up some fun food products, pumpkins, flowers, apples and more.
