Find the book at these stores
Abilene
- Brookville Hotel, 105 E. Lafayette. 785.263.2244.
- Depot Gift Shop, 201 NW 2nd. 785.263.2231.
- Dickinson County Heritage Center, 412 S. Campbell. 785.263.2681.
- Eisenhower Presidential Gift Shop, 200 S.E. 4th. 785.263.6755.
Alma
Antique Emporium of Alma, 322 Missouri. 785.765.3332.
Grandma Hoerners, 31862 Thompson Road. 785.765.2300.
Anthony
Irwin-Potter Drug, 202 W. Main. 620.842.5119.
Arlington
Carolyn's Essenhaus, 104 E. Main. 620.538.4711.
Atchison
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, 223 N. Terrace. 913.367.4217.
Chamber of Commerce, 200 S. 10th. 913.367.2427.
Augusta
Augusta Historical Museum, 303 State. 316.775.5655.
Barnes
Always Christmas Shoppe, 2728 Barnes Ave. 785.763.4569.
Basehor
Holy-Field Vineyard & Winery, 18807 158th St. 913.724.9463.
Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine Travel Center, 770 N. I-35. 620.326.5123.
Belleville
Belleville Travel Center, 702 12th Street. 785.527.2883.
Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings, 1205 M Street. 785.527.5884.
Bennington
Blue Rapids Historical Museum, 36 Public Square. 785.363.7949.
Bonner Springs
Coffey County Historical Museum, 1101 Neosho. 620.364.2653.
Chanute
Cimarron
Clark Pharmacy, 101 S. Main. 620.855.2242.
Clay Center
Browndale Pumpkin Farm, 1634 Buffalo Road. 785.427.3335.
Coffeyville
Concordia
Cloud County Convention & Tourism, 130 E. 6th. 785.243.4303.
Funk Pharmacy, 1020 Elmhurst. 785.243.4414
Picture This, 117 W. 6th. 785.243.7700.
Cottonwood Falls
Prairie Maid, 317 Broadway. 620.273.6020.
Council Grove
Dodge City
Boot Hill Museum, Front Street. 620.227.8188.
Dodge City Convention & Visitors Center, 400 W. Wyatt Earp Blvd. 620.225.8186.
Kansas Heritage Center, 1000 N. 2nd. 620.227.1616.
El Dorado
Kansas Oil Museum, 383 E. Central. 316.321.9333.
Elkhart
Morton County Historical Society Museum, 370 E. Hwy. 56. 620.697.2833.
Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home & Museum, 102 W. 10th. 785.726.3636.
Erie
Richey's Rexall Drug, 511 N. Main. 620.244.3333.
Eureka Greenhouse, 609 E. River. 620.583.8676.
Fairway
Rainy Day Books, 2706 W. 53rd St. 913.384.3126.
Fort Scott
Chamber of Commerce, 231 E. Wall. 620.223.3566.
Country Cupboard, 112 N. Main. 620.223.5980.
Fort Scott National Historic Site. 620.878.0235.
Fowler
Neon 57, 102 E. 5th. 620.646.5775.
Garden City
Finney County Historical Museum, 403 S. 4th. 620.272.3664.
Garnett
Bauman's Carpet, 805 N. Maple. 800.530.5054.
Goessel
Mennonite Heritage & Agricultural Museum, 200 N. Poplar. 620.367.8200.
Goodland
High Plains Museum, 1717 Cherry Street. 785.890.4595.
Great Bend
- Barton County Historical Museum, 85 S. Hwy. 281. 620.793.5125.
- Barton Co. Community College Bookstore, 245 NE 30 Road. 620.792.9273.
- Heart of Kansas Mercantile, 1212 Main Street. 620-786-2333.
- Kansas Wetlands Education Center, 592 NE K-156 Hwy. 620.566.1456.
Greensburg
The Big Well Gift Shop, 101 S. Main. 620.723.4102.
Hays
Tri-County Area Chamber of Commerce, 106 N. Broadway. 785.258.2115.
Hesston
Brown County Historical Society, 611 Utah Street. 785.742.3330.
Just For You, 620 Oregon. 785.742.7888.
Holton
Bluebird Books, 2 South Main. 620.259.6868.
Kansas Cosmosphere, 1100 N. Plum. 620.665.9348.
Kansas Underground Salt Museum, 3504 E. Avenue G. 620.662.1425.
Independence
Neufeldt Variety, 114 S. Main. 620.585.2293.
Iola
Allen County Historical Society, 20 S. Washington. 620.365.3051.
McGinty-Whitworth, 101 E. Madison. 620.365.3271
Johnson
The Old Store, 112 S. Main. 620.492.1478.
Geary County Historical Museum, 530 N. Adams. 785.238.1666.
Kansas City, KS
Highway 56 Antiques & Market, 213 E. 6th. 620.659.2334.
Kiowa
Kiowa's Prescription Plus, 530 Main Street. 620.825.4782.
LaCrosse
Kansas Barbed Wire Museum, 120 W. 1st. 785.222.9900.
Lawrence
- AAA, 3514 Clinton Pkwy. 785.843.1600.
- KU Bookstore, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. 785.864.4658.
- Jayhawk Bookstore, 1865 Jayhawk Blvd.
- Jayhawk Bookstore, 1200 Oread Ave. 785-830-3936
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital Gift Shop, 325 Maine. 785.505.3144.
- Raven Book Store, 6 East 7th. 785.749.3300.
Leavenworth
- Book Barn, 410 Delaware. 913.682.6518.
- C.W. Parker Carousel Museum, 320 Esplanade. 913.682.1331.
Lecompton
Territorial Capitol Museum, 640 E. Woodson. 785.857.6148.
Lenexa
Kansas Sampler Stores, 9750 Quivira Road. 913.396.4237.
Giftologists (located inside Wichita County Pharmacy), 111 E. Broadway. 620.375.2323.
Liberal Convention & Visitors Bureau, 1 Yellow Brick Road. 620.626.0170.
Lincoln
Village Lines, 139 W. Lincoln. 785.524.5133.
Lindsborg
- Bethany Bookstore, 335 E. Swensson St. 785.227.3380, ext. 8155.
- Hemslojd, 201 N. Main. 785.227.2983.
- Old Mill Museum, 120 E. Mill. 785.227.3595.
- Small World Gallery, 127 N. Main. 785.227.4442.
- The Good Merchant, 135 N. Main. 785.212.6134.
Lucas
Grassroots Art Center, 213 S. Main. 785.525.6118.
Manhattan
- AAA, 321 Southwind Rd. 785.776.3131.
- Claflin Books, 1814 Claflin Road. 785.776.3771.
- Flint Hills Discovery Center, 315 S. Third. 785.587.2726.
- Strecker-Nelson Art Gallery, 406 1/2 Poyntz Ave. 785.537.2099.
Jewell County Historical Museum, 118 N. Commercial. 785.534.0940.
Marquette
Cities Sundries, 104 N. Washington. 785.546.2234.
Marysville
AR-EX Drug Store, 801 Broadway. 785.562.3196.
Chamber of Commerce, 101 N. 10th. 785.562.3101.
McPherson
The Bookshelf, 206 N. Main. 620.241.6602.
Ottawa County Museum, 110 S. Concord. 785.392.3621.
Montezuma
Muscotah Mercantile, 107 W. 2nd St., 785.872.5000.
Prairie Mercantile, in historic Ness County Bank Building. 785.798.2237.
Ness County Historical Society, 123 S. Penn Avenue. 785.798.2246
Newton
Anderson Office Supply, 627 N. Main. 316.283.3570.
Faith and Life, 606 N. Main. 316.283.2210.
North Newton
Kauffman Museum, 2801 N. Main. 316.283.1612.
Norton
First State Bank of Norton, 105 W. Main. 785.877.3341.
Oakley
Buffalo Bill Sculpture visitor center, 2nd and U.S. 83. 785.671.1000.
Osawatomie
John Brown Museum, 1000 Main. 913.755.4384.
Osborne
Carnegie Research Library, 307 W. Main. 785.346.9437.
Ottawa
Franklin County CVB, 2011 E. Logan. 785.242.1411.
Mill Street Antiques, 109 Newbury. 785.636.5520.
Phillipsburg
Scott-McCoppin, 767 Third St. 785.543.6521.
Piqua
Buster Keaton Museum (housed in Rural District Water 1), 302 S. Hill. 620.768.2385.
Plains
Balloons Because, 9109 R Road. 620.482.3526.
Plainville
The Pineapple Post, 111 N. Jefferson St. 785.434.2769.
Pratt
Snip & Clip Beauty Shop, 425 McKinney. 785.754.3538.
Salina
Ad Astra Books and Coffee House, 141 N. Santa Fe. 785.833.2235.
Key Rexall Pharmacy, 2024 S. Ohio St. 785.827.0408.
Scott City
El Quartelejo Museum, 902 W. 5th. 620.872.5912.
Keystone Gallery, 401 U.S. 83. 620.872.2762.
Seneca
Cornerstone Coffee Haus, 431 Main. 785.334.4287.
Topeka
- AAA, 1223 SW Wanamaker Rd. 785.233.0222.
- Kansas History Museum Store, 6425 SW 6th. 785.272.8681.
- Kansas Originals Market at the Topeka Travel Center on the Turnpike, 5 miles east of Topeka. 785.379.0200.
- Old Prairie Town, Mulvane General Store, 124 NW Fillmore. 785.368.2437.
- Southwind Gallery, 3074 SW 29th St. #1. 785.368.2437.
- State Capitol visitor center, 300 W. 10th. 785.296.3966.
- Washburn University Bookstore, 1700 S.W. College Avenue. 785.670.1922.
- Wolfe's Camera Shop, 653 S. Kansas. 785.235.1386.
Ulysses
Bob Wilson Memorial Grant Co. Hospital Auxiliary, 840 N. Sullivan. 620.356.2565.
Historic Adobe Museum, 300 E. Oklahoma. 620.356.3009.
Valley Falls
The Barn B & B, 14910 Bluemound Road. 800.869.7717.
Victoria
St. Fidelis Gift Shop, 601 10th (across from the church).
Wamego
OZ Museum, 511 Lincoln. 785.458.8686.
Wamego History Museum, city park. 785.456.2040.
Waterville
Weaver Hotel Gift Shop, 126 S. Kansas Ave. 785.363.2515.
Wellington
Main Street Mercantile, 310 Main. 785.457.3344.
Wichita
- AAA East, 7724 E. Central #100. 316.685.5241.
- AAA West, 2110 N. Maize Rd. 316.942.0008.
- Eighth Day Books, 2838 E. Douglas, 316.683.9446.
- Go Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau, 515 S. Main. 316.660.6302.
- KU Med Bookstore - Suite 1301 KU Med School, 1010 N. Kansas. 316.293.2618.
- Owl's Nest Gift Shop at the Great Plains Nature Center, 6232 E. 29th St. N. 316.683.5499, ext. 111
- Via Christi St. Francis Hosp. Gift Shop, 929 N. St. Francis. 316.268.5273.
- Watermark Books and Cafe, 4701 E. Douglas. 316.682.1181.
- Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main. 316.265.9314.
Kansas Originals Market, I-70 exit, #206. 785.658.2602.
RETAIL STORE ORDERS
The 50% discount applies strictly to resale orders.
For an online order form (retail stores only), click here. Need help with the order or have questions? Contact Marci or WenDee at wendee@kansassampler.org or 620.585.2374.
We would love to save you the shipping costs and deliver books if we will be in your area but we won't be everywhere at once. If you want to check if we'll be in your area before you finalize your order, just e-mail WenDee.
Only businesses or organizations with sales tax numbers may participate in this resale. The restriction to sell the book at it's regular retail price of $29.95 has been lifted. The retailer will pay the sales tax. If you are not a retailer please order the book at our online merchandise store.
The 8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook by Marci Penner showcases 216 diverse places across Kansas that were featured as entries in the Kansas Sampler Foundation’s 8 Wonders of Kansas contests.
Photographer Harland Schuster went to all 216 places in 2010 to get updated photos. Due to the quality photographs and design, the spiral-bound book serves as a combination coffee table book and guidebook. Each entry includes a description, directions, hours, and contacts.
The one-time 8 Wonders of Kansas contests took place from 2007-2010. Twenty-four finalists were selected for each of the categories of Architecture, Art, Commerce, Cuisine, Customs, Geography, History, and People. There was also an overall category. The public voted for the top 8 in each category. All 24 finalists appear in the guidebook.
The book also includes information about the 38 soda fountains featured in the 8 Wonders of Kansas Customs contest.
8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook
- Publisher: Kansas Sampler Foundation
- Author: Marci Penner
- Photographer: Harland Schuster, Morrill
- Graphic designer: Liz King (my sister)
- Editor: Bobbie Pray, Lawrence
- Printer: Mennonite Press, Newton
- First run: 10,000
- Second run: 10,000
- Retail price: $29.95 (suggested)
- Wholesale price: 50% discount
- Billing: 30-day
- No consignment, no returns
- No minimum order
- Not selling on Amazon.
- We will have a list of retail stores selling the 8 Wonders book on the book site.
- Physical description: 9x12”, soft laminated cover, spiral bound, over 500 color photos
- Book weight: Just over 3 pounds
- Books are packaged 10 in a case, but any number of books or cases can be ordered
- Limited run of hardbound books available only from KSF. $55.
- Sales tax: Retailer pays.
- Invoicing: We prefer to do via e-mail but can do otherwise.
- Proceeds: The book revenue supports the projects of the non-profit Kansas Sampler Foundation whose mission is to preserve and sustain rural culture.
- Learn more about the book and 8 Wonders contest at www.8wonders.org
- ISBN: 978-0-9765408-1-6
- Library of Congress # - 2011923042
- Contact: Marci or WenDee at 620.585.2374; wendee@kansassampler.org
- We’ll ship through the post office to help support our local office and though not as convenient, it is cheaper than UPS.
Phone: 620-585-2374