Mike's Place was well worth the stop! Friendly service. Clean environment. Yummy drinks. Live…read moremusic! Really enjoyed popping in to Mike's place. Lucky enough they had live music going. Had the margarita, it was delicious. The base was from real juice, not from an over processed mix. Looking forward to visiting Mike's place for some of their tastings and pairings. Wonderful value add to the community.

This place has a great Addams Family vibe -- very gothic-Victorian. There are several different…read morehouses on the same street which are part of the B&B, and we stayed in the main one, a 1920s Tudor-style mansion which was once one of the most valuable homes in Topeka. The living room was designed after a Tudor-era library, with lots of dark carved woodwork and stained-glass windows. The owner seems to be on a mission to save her block of this urban neighborhood in Topeka which is safe but has seen better days. As the rundown-but-beautiful houses on her block go on the market, she snaps them up, renovates them, and adds them to her little mini-village of bed-and-breakfast venues. She's a one-woman neighborhood rehabilitation program and has obviously made this her life's work, down to collecting decorative items to lovingly put her idiosyncratic touch on every square inch. Our room -- The Chester, named after the original owner of the mansion, Chester Woodward -- included a private full bath and a small gardenlike private rooftop deck with a hot tub. The room is cozy rather than spacious but very comfortable. Every night the owner brings out a homemade dessert (the night we were there it was a lemon-cheese ball to be spread on homemade sugar cookies the way you'd spread a savory cheese ball on crackers -- I'm so stealing this idea) and her morning breakfasts are lavish. She checked our convenience for breakfast and was clearly prepared to serve earlier or later depending on our needs. She was also happy to give us pointers on where to eat and what to see in Topeka. The Saturday night we were there she'd arranged for a couples' massage team to offer massages for guests. We didn't take advantage of it but other guests were. I would definitely stay here again if I were in Topeka overnight.

Great place wonderful inn keeper and it was all around a great stay. It's a little more pricey…read morethan most other places in Topeka but it is well worth it. Me and my wife will be returning.

Super unique place to drive or walk through. The owners are nice and excited for you to stop by…read more It's free but accepts donations, because they create it all themselves. Several peacocks wandering around, too!

Definitely worth a drive through if you're in town and like quirky art installations. I've already…read morebeen to Stonehenge, so my curiosity was peaked when I saw truck henge existed. Totally a different experience, but if you can't make it all the way to Stonehenge, good ole Kansas Truck Henge is the next best thing. No seriously! What a fun idea and way to reuse material to make people smile rather than waste it. Ain't nothing wrong with making people smile for free. Thanks for letting us take a look. Just some guys land with a crazy amount of old vehicles up-cycled into an art exhibit of sorts. Free admission, donations appreciated. Kind owner. He said his dad built all the stuff there.

SpringHill Suites was clean and quiet with a comfortable King bed. We slept well here, which is the…read moremost important aspect of a hotel IMO. The room was feather-free, as promised. Temperature controls were easy to find and use, and there was a mini-fridge for our snacks. Based on our schedule, we did not use the pool or exercise room, but they looked nice. We have family in the area and definitely will stay here again.

Now that management and staff has changed over, this is once again a reliable place to you…read more stay in Topeka. The front desk staff take care to be sure reservations are accurate, breakfast and common areas are clean and well-kept and parking has always been bountiful and easy to access. Fun things unique to this location - a walking path behind the hotel takes you under the interstate to the next neighborhood over for an easy and interesting walk. Across the parking lot is a a local coffee shop and sports bar and a regional pizza/salad restaurant, all of which serve quality food and are easy to walk to. A movie theater also across the street, showing first-run movies, making this an excellent location if you are in town for business for a few days.

Really cool to see somewhere so profound in our history. The sign was being repaired when we went,…read moreand the parking was a confusing but it was a beautiful day and worth the stop.

Ranger Lawson and Ranger Jeff welcomed me from the moment I stopped into this historic building…read more Ranger Lawson directed me towards the exhibits and made himself available if I needed. The exhibits were amazing. The videos and interactive media were all functioning. DYK there were actually five cases that were combined and argued in front of the Supreme Court in 1954, combined they were known as the historic Brown vs Topeka Board of Education that ended segregation of schools in the U.S. in 1954. The Hall of Courage is an interesting exhibit that shows videos of discrimination on both sides. It attempts to mimic the feeling that folks back in the 1950s and the Jim Crow South had to deal with. The building also has a recreation of a kindergarten in Topeka during the 1950. Where teachers believed that play was the highest form of learning. So children could let their minds run free and creativity develop their curious minds. The Legacy Room has plenty of exhibits. I particularly liked the Wall of Courage, that highlight post-Brown heroes, and the Protest in Music exhibit that had songs from Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, to Public Enemy. I'm so happy to have had the opportunity to learn more about the case and be on the grounds where the one of the cases originated. This location presents the information well, and visitors cannot help but feel proud about the event.

I am a lifetime member and I attended the Taco Tuesday for the first time and the tacos were…read moreabsolutely delicious! The chicken meat was so lean, veggie were fresh, and the service was excellent!!! Thank you so much!!

They did an appetizer buffet for our Christmas Gathering at the Zoo on a Tuesday Evening. It was…read moregreat!! I will use them again.

Tricia and Ryan are two real deal chefs. Tricia's cookies are amazing. Their menu range is wide and…read morethey'll work with you on what menu best suits your event. For a professional experience give them a call!

Very cool underrated historical place. If you are wanting to learn about the Civil War or how…read moreAmerica abandoned slavery, this is the place to come to. There's lots of history I could get into but you can learn all beforehand or at the place, as there are several historical signs to check out. I also highly recommend going upstairs where it has been used for meetings. They do have a small gift shop. Be sure to check the hours before coming here. And also, be sure to visit the Democratic Headquarters, which is not far from here in this town.

Sept 2015, while visiting some historical sites in Missouri, we found Lecompton on the map and…read moredecided to check out the Old Capital area of Lecompton. The birthplace of the Civil War since it was drafted in the building there called Constitutional Hall. History: Lecompton is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 625. Lecompton played a major historical role in pre-Civil War America as the Territorial capital of Kansas from 1855 to 1861. This time period was known as Bleeding Kansas. Lecompton was founded in 1854 and planted on a bluff on the south bank of the Kansas River. It was originally called "Bald Eagle", but the name was changed to Lecompton in honor of Samuel Lecompte, the chief justice of the territorial supreme court.[8] In the spring of 1855, the town became the capital of the Kansas Territory. President James Buchanan appointed a governor and officials to establish government offices in Lecompton, and construction began on an elegant capitol building. The first post office in Lecompton was established in September, 1855 In the fall of 1857 a convention met in Constitution Hall and drafted the famous Lecompton Constitution, which would have admitted Kansas as a slave state. The constitution was rejected after intense national debate and was one of the prime topics of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The controversy contributed to the growing dispute soon to erupt in civil war. The Lecompton Constitution failed, in part, because the antislavery party won control of the territorial legislature in the election of 1857. The new legislature met at Constitution Hall and immediately began to abolish the pro-slavery laws. The free-staters briefly attempted to move the territorial capital to Minneola, Franklin County, Kansas through a vote, although the resulting bill was later vetoed by Kansas territorial governor James W. Denver, and ruled void by Jeremiah S. Black, Attorney General of the United States. As such, Lecompton remained the de jure territorial capital until the victorious free-state leaders officially chose Topeka as capital when Kansas became a state on January 29, 1861. The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861.