After wandering around Dawson, NE, I committed to stopping in the next small town to see if it was faring any better, but unfortunately, Table Rock appears to be in decline too.
As I rolled into Dawson, Nebraska, a statue of the Virgin Mary in a park next to the highway caught my eye. With all day to drive and explore, I stopped to check it and the town.
After checking out the church that caught my eye as I was driving through, I decided to take a walk around and snap a few pictures of this town that is slowly fading away.
I simply love stopping in cool little towns that have unique character. The bank building here is absolutely beautiful and needed to be photographed and added to my blog.
As I was leaving Milford State Park, I noticed this old schoolhouse and had to pull over to take pictures and see if any restoration work had been done on the building or interior.
Sometimes, I just like to walk around and take pictures of buildings in small town downtowns. Even though the weather wasn't too cooperative, I loved snapping these pics.
Marysville is an adorable little town, and I headed out to walk around and see what I could see. I always love finding small towns that have figured out how to make themselves relevant.
The Marshall County Courthouse caught my eye as I was walking around town. It was an eye-opening experience to go into my first small-town museum and learn about local history.
Talk about some bad timing. I've been wanting to go and explore the first territorial capital of the state of Kansas in Lecompton, but I managed to show up on a day that it was closed.
As I continued north, I headed into the adorable little town of Council Grove, Kansas. In addition to checking out the Kaw Mission Museum. I just wandered around town.
A sweet little town along the Flint Hills Scenic Byway features an iconic limestone courthouse that would fit perfectly well along any European city street.
