May | Destinations

These are the TOP 5 choices for Destination voted by participating Kansans'.

Best Winery

  1. Renaissance Cellars Winery - St. Marys
  2. Oz Winery-Wamego
  3. Smoky Hill Vineyards & Winery - Salina
  4. Prairie Fire Winery - Paxico
  5. Holy-Field Vineyard & Winery - Basehor

Best Water Park

  1. Schlitterbahn Water Park - Kansas City
  2. Great Wolf Lodge - KC
  3. Shawnee North Aquatic Center - Topeka
  4. Manhattan City Park Pool - Manhattan
  5. Blaisdell Aquatic Center - Topeka

Best Campground

  1. Perry State Park - Perry
  2. Tuttle Creek State Park - Manhattan
  3. Melvern Lake - Melvern
  4. Clinton State Park - Lawrence
  5. Lake Shawnee Campgrounds - Topeka

Best Museum

  1. Kansas Museum of History - Topeka
  2. The Oz Museum - Wamego
  3. Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum - Abilene
  4. Kansas Cosmosphere - Hutchinson
  5. Natural History Museum - Lawrence

Best Casino

  1. Prairie Band Casino & Resort - Mayetta
  2. Sac & Fox Casino - Powhattan
  3. Golden Eagle Casino - Horton
  4. Boot Hill Casino & Resort - Dodge City
  5. Casino White Cloud

Best Attraction

  1. The Oz Museum - Wamego
  2. Aggieville - Manhattan
  3. Huff 'n Puff Balloon Rally - Topeka
  4. Legends Outlets - Kansas City
  5. World's Largest Ball of Twine - Cawker City

Best Hotel

  1. The Eldridge Hotel - Lawrence
  2. Chateau Avalon - Kansas City
  3. Capitol Plaza Hotel - Topeka
  4. Great Wolf Lodge - Kansas City
  5. Wamego Inn & Suites

Best Festival

  1. Flint Hills Shakespeare Festival
  2. Festival of Trees
  3. 94.5 Country Stampede
  4. OZtoberFest in Wamego
  5. Kansas City Renaissance Festival

Best Pool

  1. North Aquatic Center - Topeka
  2. Blaisdell Aquatic Center - Topeka
  3. Manhattan City Park Pool - Manhattan
  4. City of Altamont Pool
  5. KSU Natatorium - Manhattan

Best Brewery

  1. Blind Tiger Brewery - Topeka
  2. Tallgrass Brewing Co. - Manhattan
  3. Free State Brewing Co. - Lawrence
  4. Little Apple Brewing Co. - Manhattan
  5. Gella's Diner & Lb. Brewing Co. - Hays

Best Lake

  1. Lake Shawnee - Topeka
  2. Perry Lake - Perry
  3. Tuttle Creek Reservoir - Manhattan
  4. Milford Lake - Junction City/Milford
  5. Melvern Lake - Melvern

Best Music Festival

  1. 94.5 Country Stampede
  2. Walnut Valley Festival - Winfield
  3. Smoky Hill River Festival - Salina
  4. Aggiefest - Manhattan
  5. Symphony in the Flint Hills

Best Fireworks Display

  1. Wamego 4th of July
  2. Spirit of Kansas - Lake Shawnee
  3. Amelia Earhart Festival - Atchison
  4. Lawrence Dumont Stadium - Wichita
  5. Sundown Salute - Junction City

Best Downtown

  1. Lawrence
  2. Manhattan
  3. Topeka
  4. Wamego
  5. Lindsborg

Best Bed & Breakfast

  1. The Barn Bed & Breakfast - Valley Falls
  2. Brickyard Barn Inn - Topeka
  3. Holton House Bed & Breakfast
  4. Abilene Victorian Inn
  5. Chateau Avalon - Kansas City

Best Concert Venue

  1. Capital Federal Park at Sandstone
  2. 94.5 Country Stampede
  3. Intrust Bank Arena - Wichita
  4. Kansas Expocentre - Topeka
  5. TPAC - Topeka

Best Zoo

  1. Topeka Zoo
  2. Sedgwick County Zoo - Wichita
  3. Sunset Zoo - Manhattan
  4. Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure - Salina
  5. David Traylor Zoo - Emporia

Best County Fair

  1. Lyon County Fair
  2. Riley County Fair
  3. Jackson County Fair
  4. Pottawtomie County Fair
  5. Shawnee County Fair
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