Wamego, Kansas ||| Exploring the Oz Museum and Historic Landmarks

[@sueelliott3206]

I have always loved the Wizard of Oz so this is great to see this museum.TFS

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Definitely worth a trip for fans of the movie!

[@tinman7130]

there is no place like home and this video proved it. Excellent job John.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! You were a big part of the movie!! 😂😂

[@susieqb9327]

I’ve lived in Kansas all my life and never heard of this Museum! Now I’ve got to go!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Definitely worth a detour if you’re ever in the area!

[@greggcollins4215]

Great little town. We ere there many years ago for a parade on I believe Independance day. When the flag processed down the street it was amazing the respect shown by the citizens. Like a wave moving down the street with the flag.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Awesome - love that!!

[@perseusguy]

Wow, what an excellent town! Wamego looks like a town right out of a Norman Rockwell painting!

[@aliceevans3357]

I've visited the yellow brick road in Sedan Kansas but Wamego has it beat. I'd love to spend some time in this town. Excellent, excellent drone work! Always love when we can catch a bird's eye view of an area. Super video! Stay safe and GOD bless

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! I’ve made videos about both and it’s great when a small town does something fun like that!

[@Scott.Newmaster]

Man, that piano rendition would lead to some serious stress after a little while...............

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Haha! I just overlayed it on the video so it’s not playing at the actual museum 😂😂

[@Scott.Newmaster]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy Thank God, I've been alot of "theme places" that have the theme as it were constantly playing. Drives ya' nuts...... "It's a small world after all................:(......

[@curlyfries5095]

I hope you had time to dine at The Friendly Cooker and grab a shake at The Kream Kup! Two of my favorite reasons to visit Wamego! Thanks again for all the interesting videos that you bring us of the great State of Kansas and it’s surrounding areas!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I had breakfast at the Friendly Cooker!

[@louispaparella5766]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy Me too in 08. Since I was single and the place was always crowded, folks would join me. Good food, good company!

[@pamelacrowe4971]

I love to go there. Wizard of oz is what I watched as child in the 60's. Thanks for sharing.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Nice! Highly recommended if you’re a big fan!!

[@travis303]

Yay Oz Museum. That place was really neat! That whole town is a lot of fun

[@ryanwashere]

A lot of people might say there's nothing to show in a town of 5,000 people, but you say there's too much to show. And that's why I appreciate these videos!

[@TheCosmicGenius]

There's also an Oz museum down in Liberal, Ks, if you ever head that way. The population there is about 20,000, but it is an interesting town. By the way, if you're looking for suggestions for this summer's vacation drive, may I suggest the Great River Road? Which traces the Mississippi, & runs from Lake Itasca, Mn, where the headwaters are, all the way down to Venus, La at the Gulf Coast.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I’ve heard about the one in Liberal. Will have to check it out too! Great River Road sounds good! Although I’ve got another trip in mind for this summer.

[@lifewithjosef]

​@@TravelwithaWiseguyYears ago, we went to the museum in Liberal. The guides were all dressed like Dorothy. It was worth the stop. We found the Mid America Air Museum in Liberal a worthwhile stop as well. As always...

[@briansmith9720]

My niece lives just outside of Wamego and gave us a quick tour of town and also took us to Wabaunsee to the Beecher Bible and Rifle church that you featured in an earlier video. Lots of great history in these small towns. Good job!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! I actually did both videos in the same day so yes they are very close to each other and great little trips! I really enjoyed them!

[@ricsmith2185]

Great video John... I love living in this great state of Kansas. Have lived here for 13 years!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you Ric! Fun to explore this state!

[@ronald9279]

I'm really not into Oz to much, but what a great town for young and old.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I would call myself a casual fan, but it was still very interesting. Other areas of town were very cool too!

[@ronfullerton3162]

So glad that it seems the buildings are being kept up. The Wizard of Oz museum looks like someone or some group has put much time into it. Good way to keep your town on the maps. Just before I moved from Iowa, the small town of Riverside decided that they were the small town in Iowa that Captain Kirk would come from in the future. I have not really been back to see if they did as grand of things to tie themselves to a popular story as we see was done here. Thanks for another grand road trip! Always fun and Interesting to see these small towns and hear of there past. And it is so nice to see those still vibrant and alive today!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

They museum was way nicer than I expected and there were quite a few people visiting that day! I’d like to see Riverside!

[@ronfullerton3162]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy As I said, they started setting up to be the future home town of Captain Kirk about the time I moved away from Iowa. How far they got, I do not know. There is a lot of history and small towns in the area. And they set up a gambling casino since I left that has great eating, lodging, and golf course. The area is full of small towns with history, and rivers and corn. How much corn? Listen to Heywood Banks's song "Interstate 80 Iowa"!

[@jamesbednar8625]

The outside of the museum used to look quite barren a few years ago. The colorfulness of the museum and water tower was done within the last 5-years or so. The murals and the Yellow Brick Road all were done about the same time.

[@midwestghosttown]

1. Interesting museums! 2. Amazing how far Frank Baum's legacy stretches with his Wizard of Oz books, movie, and museums! 3. You really got me intrigued with the Dutch Mill 4. Nice water tower shot. Nice video.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yes that mill was really great. I was going to go into more detail about it, but I was short on time both that day and this week editing. Neat area to visit!

[@sandramayes8679]

Aaahhh, the Wamego water tower. I have to pass the tower everytime I go see my son and his family. I giggle everytime I see it, as I just discovered it this year! Love it!❤

[@williammatzek4660]

I did not know about the oz Museum.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Pretty good one! Glad I was able to visit!

[@johncjacobs6175]

That museum is great we've been there 2 times they change some of the exhibits every 6 months really cool place we always drive down the street to c the Buffalo Soldier exhibit a lot of enformation

[@buckeyeguy82]

Such a cool town! The Oz museum is on my bucket list if I ever make it to Kansas, looks like a neat place. That windmill and water tower looks amazing. Nice camera & drone footage John!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you Tim! Definitely worth the short detour from the interstate if you’re ever in the area!

[@gdroege44]

They also have a great tulip festival in Wamego every spring. It a great fun event.

[@travis303]

Glad you got to add to your water tower collection!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It’s an awesome one! Probably top-5 I’ve ever seen!

[@travis303]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy Those water tower videos you made were a good idea. So many towns have unique water towers that I think can easily be overlooked ... or underlooked I guess in this case.

[@travis303]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy By the way, another example of what I mean when I say small towns have the best stuff. Give me Wamego any day compared to a place like LA or NY. I hope you enjoyed your visit

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

@@travis303 Yeah I enjoyed making them! I think they were a bit of a "novelty" video like the slushie reviews, but maybe someday I'll do a "best water towers" or something video. That would be fun.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

@@travis303 Agreed 100%!

[@Quitealways]

What wonderful day. Museum was neat. Murals on yellow brick road were outstanding. Old Dutch Mill & fountain in water. Another outstanding experience in Kansas . Drone coverage was neat. Your choice of adventure was great.😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! It felt like a vibrant small town - plenty of people out and about. Lots of fun!

[@juliogonzales5441]

There's no place like home 💙

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

🌾🌾🌾

[@hungarysammy]

This is not far from me...I go through there often! Really nice town! Nicely manicured! Great video!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Beautiful area of Kansas to live!

[@SuperMickey57]

The Wamego water tower looks like a souvenir maraca from a trip to Mexico.

[@stevehilliard1495]

Interesting video. I was wondering if you have ever seen Har-Ber village in Grove Oklahoma? It’s interesting & right up your alley 😎.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I haven’t but it sounds intriguing!

[@glorias8540]

​@Travel with a Wiseguy yes, you'd like Har-ber Village in Grove. It's a bit like Old Cowtown here in Wichita.

[@agoodlife2]

A lot of town pride good to see

[@bertholini2810]

Really nice video. Very odd concerning the Wizard of Oz items/building. That is something I would like to see. Be good, be safe !

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Definitely worth a detour if you’re ever in the area! Thank you!

[@bertholini2810]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy I might go there, once I get the lawn mowed (5 straight days of rain), trim the trees..... etc. etc. You know how it is. 20 things to do and only so much time. We are good though, seriously.

[@barbaramoran8690]

Piano version of Yellow Brick Road so cool

[@aklgooshock]

Wamego is a cool little town!

[@oklahomasoonersfootball]

Im in Manhattan Kansas go there record mhk its a fun place to check out i ain't from Kansas so enjoy city environment but looks small video idea right there.

[@JustLou71]

Funny, growing up when people would find out im from Dallas, of course they qould ask if i knew JR. And if i rode a horse to school..not souch these days since the era of the show Dallas is long gone. When ive met people from Kansas and told them my family is from there. Some hadnt even heard of Ellinwood. My fathers side is all still there, and my father is now buried in the Ellinwood cemetery. I loved the Wizard growing up. Thank you for this!

[@gh2687]

Glad you brought us zlong on another adventure! Another great video. Thanks John

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you!

[@angryferb1079]

I live here and it's awesome. I'm surprised to see a video of a place I see almost everyday.

[@jerrysullivan8424]

When I moved to Kansas City Kansas back in 1990 the city was working to bring The Wizard of Oz Museum here, I was new to the city, If I remember correctly, the Museum had a building and was raising money already, but there was some problem with corruption in how the money was being spent. maybe one of your viewers knows the details of why the Museum did not work out in KC?

[@jerrysullivan8424]

It may have been an Oz Theme Park and museum .

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Not sure but I’m kind of glad it’s in a smaller town 😊

[@jerryrichardson8029]

Awesome video !!! I knew of course that Dorothy came from Kansas, had no idea that it was Wamego, Kansas. Looks like a super place to visit, thanks for taking us there. And remember ... "But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man that he didn't already have". There, now you can have that song stuck in your head. 🤣

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Haha thanks! It's definitely a great place to visit!

[@jamesbednar8625]

Awesome video!!! I live about 30-miles from Wamego, KS - beautiful little town. The Oz Museum and the water tower got a face lift roughly 5-years ago, give or take. BOTH used to be quite barren looking before their respective face lifts. Vanderbilts is where I go and buy my work boots every year!! Also, Liberal, KS, has their own version of an Oz Museum. Do believe that Sedan, KS, has a version of their own Oz Museum as well. If you go to the intersection of US HWY 24 & KS HWY 99, at the SW corner across the street from McDonald's, there is a house that resembles Dorothy's house from the movie. On one side there are a pair of LEGS sticking up into the air as if the house landed on the Wicked Witch.

[@AxionZetaOne]

I did not expect to see my town on my KZbin front page...

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Great small town!

[@JustLou71]

I need to go there, just for that windmill!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

The town has a lot to offer for a small town! Worth a visit for sure!

[@johncjacobs6175]

Sorry hit the wrong button l meant to say Orphan train museum small but a lot of information l knew nothing about really nice town there is a inlaid brick wall about the struggles of the orphans just outside of the town a few miles there is a WWII German Pisoner Of War Camp never knew that it's not opened a lot check for times on down the road a few miles to the left is a Pawnee Village small but I enjoy imaging what once was

[@jerrysullivan8424]

I would like to see that place, it is on my bucket list. I wonder how many of those WW2 German Prisoners stayed in that area after the war, I know that a few of the German prisoners that were in Nevada Mo. stayed in the area after the war.

[@coltex2397]

😊went there in 2009 it was a very impressive museum.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I agree! Well done!

[@johncjacobs6175]

Have you ever been to Concordia there is the Orphan

[@jerrysullivan8424]

Did you mean " There is the Orphan Train museum? "Thank you.

[@louispaparella5766]

Did a job at the nearby power plant in 08. Stayed in Wamego. Enjoyed the small town. Did they finish the Walter P. Chrysler Museum?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Not sure. I don’t remember seeing anything about it.

[@louispaparella5766]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy I think they moved his boyhood home to Hwy 24 and made a small museum of it.

[@brandonsmith1198]

And this is the super fast when you get this thing done I really am going to take a trip down to Kansas sometime to get the things that I want to see at this museum, but is it worth it?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yes I think it’s definitely worth the price of admission 👍🏼👍🏼

[@codybrousek4815]

I hear the water tower has the name Brent Patton on it. Do you know the history as to why?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Did he paint it in John Deer green? He IS a legend!

[@mikejeff1019]

You should have got video of the witch under the house

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I wish I would have, but didn’t know about it until after I left unfortunately

[@johnd1216]

Why does this town thrive, while so many others fail?

[@brendacejda7069]

It's a bedroom community, in between Manhattan and Topeka.

[@louispaparella5766]

@@brendacejda7069 Cat has a small mfg plant there...I'm sure that helps

[@blakecardin]

I always thought Ron Perlman’s face resembled one of the flying monkeys.

[@rossbryan6102]

IT IS QUITE AMAZING WHAT ONE KIDS STORY BECAME AND THE MANY THINGS FOLLOWING! IRONICALLY IT CREATED A MUCH WORSE PUBLICITY FOR KANSAS , REGARDING THE TORNADOS! ALSO RURAL ROUTE FARM FOLKS WERE VERY POORLY REPRESENTED BY HOLLYWOOD STEREOTYPING!!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked about the movie I’d be rich! 😂

[@SaltiNes17]

Not one person wants to talk about or show the Troll display. 😂