Today the National Park Service turns 98! Some of our favorite national historic sites in Kansas include: Brown v. Board of Education, Fort Larned, Fort Scott, Nicodemus, and the Tallgrass Prairie.

From the National Park Service site on Kansas:

• 5 national parks
• 91,930 visitors to national parks (in 2013)
• $4,100,000 economic benefit from national park tourism (in 2013)
• 1,341 National Register of Historic Places listings
• $349,318,392 of historic rehabilitation projects stimulated by tax incentives (since 1995)
• 22,394 hours donated by volunteers
• 1 National Heritage Area
• 5 National Natural Landmarks
• 25 National Historic Landmarks
• $51,398,596 in Land & Water Conservation Fund grants (since 1965)