Wandering across western Kansas, I happened upon this incredible piece of machinery. Operated from…read more1963-1974, this is still the largest electric shovel in the world with a 90 cubic yard bucket. Pictures don't do the size of this any justice. They even let you climb inside, wander through, and sit in the operator's chair. There is a nice little museum with lots of great information. I had no idea there was (and still is) a very large coal field running under the middle of the country. A great piece of history, well preserved and worth a detour if you are in the area.

I knew this thing was going to be big but it wasn't until I spotted it soaring over the treeline…read morethat I understood. Oh, and it's a little below grade. Big brutus is a Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel. Yes, electric. Massive powerlines would be fed into this monster so that it could clear "overburden" and make it possible for other, smaller devices to mine the coal. At 160 feet high and weighing 11 million pounds, the draw makes 15,000 horsepower and could lift 150 tons of coal. It is therefore the largest existing electric shovel on the planet. Open for climbing (the boom is since closed because of insurance limitations), you can go inside the operator's cabin, walk around the interior body and take selfies in the massive shovel or next to one of the huge crawler tracks. Look out over the lake in front of it - Big Brutus cleared all of that in its heyday before it finally shut down due to environmental concerns. The attached museum has other mementoes telling the story of local mining and there is a movie that shows the machine in action. [Review 19773 overall - 40 in Kansas - 745 of 2023.]

We saw a small intimate show there last weekend and we're just in awe of what the foundation was…read moredoing. I can't wait to come back to see what it looks like when they've finished renovating. Great venue, amazing patrons and well worth the stop.

We were on our Chicago to Santa Monica Route 66 drive and stopped in to the Route 66 Movie Theater…read moreprimarily just to get a Passport stamp and learn more about the area. Glad we did! It is a beautiful building and well preserved. You'll definitely get a great feeling of what it must have been like to see movies 'back in the day'.

This was a quaint theater and it was clean and comfortable. The staff at the counter were kind and…read morehelpful.

Double features, reasonable prices, and really great clean great place to take my daughter and…read moregrandson!!! Thanks for still being there!

Love going to the drive in! All the staff is friendly and food is yummy and I just love the…read morenostalgia of it all. Support your local drive in, we need to keep them around for another 100 years.

Old dragstrip but the night we went, they were running strong and fast. The bleachers are old and…read morerickety and I kept feeling like I was going to fall through. One small concession but did have burgers, drinks and snacks. I didn't see any beer for sale but everyone was walking around with cans and appears you can take your own cooler inside. Real bathrooms. The place was a bit of a zoo since anyone can walk around the pit area and there are cars going every which way. I didn't mind the Friday night $7 entry to watch anyone and everyone go head to head. I guess the "big" pro night draws a $20 entry

Great strip. Track managers make sure everything is going smoothly and if someone breaks they do a…read moregreat job at getting the track up and going again in a timely manner.

My grandson enjoyed his experience so much at Curious Minds. It was his first time to experience…read moreit! The facility is very clean and well put together! All children should get to visit this place!!

Great center for kids of all ages! We will be back. Ages, 10, 9, 2! Wish we lived closer!read more

I took lessons with Sky in San Diego and can't say enough great things about him. His lessons are…read morestructured in a way that keeps you interested and excited with noticeable results. There's a blend of fun and theory and he'll adjust those levels based on your personality. So for me there was more fun. Carthage is lucky to have him!

I was fortunate to view President Truman's casket as he lied in repose at The Truman Library in…read moreIndependence as a child. I finally was able to be in Lamar during operating hours of his birthplace to see where it all began. The house is a small 2 story with 6 rooms and a steep staircase. The furnishings are not authentic to the Truman family, but they do a good job of representing the era of the 1880's. The welcome center across the street offers a few artifacts and knickknacks for sale. For the true Truman tour of Lamar, go downtown and see the plaque that commemorates the location of where he made his acceptance speech for VP in 1944 and visit the grave of an older stillborn sibling in the cemetery near I-49 on your way out of town. A must stop for all presidential history buffs.

Truman's Birthplace is great for a history lesson. I went there by myself and got a tour, then a…read morecouple of years later my wife and I took our children and nieces. We had a different tour guide and he talked about different things about Truman.