Abandoned Kansas cellars are the next touristy thing to see The back roads of the Flint Hills hold a certain charm. The tires of a lone vehicle crunch the chert gravel on the unpaved roads. Sunflowers fill ditches and blue stem prairie grasses dance in the wind. First-Ascent-Sender-Films-Cedar-Wright-Ivo-Ninov-Crack-Climbing-Trad-Offwidth-whippers-gear.jpg' alt='Eagle Point Crack' title='Eagle Point Crack' />Then there are the ruins stone fences leading to nowhere, walls of forgotten barns and houses and abandoned cellars crumbling in the grass. They are the remnants of lost promises and dreams. And they may be an emerging trend in Kansas tourism. The Volland Store in Waubaunsee County has upped the number of tours of arched roof cellars and rural cemeteries it will host this fall. It offered six last year and will have eight this year. The tours are by bus. From equipment rentals to party rentals to wedding rentals, Eagle Rental Center has what you need at affordable prices. 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They are underground artisan wonders. He has documented more than 4. Most of the stone arched cellars reminiscent of European structures hundreds of years old are located in Riley, Geary, Wabaunsee and Pottawatomie counties. The cellars, he said, are the largest concentrations of this type of basement architecture in the world. Very few of these masons left any records, Parish said. We are one or two generations past knowing the answers. But they were built primarily by Germans and Swedes by early homesteaders, some going back as the 1. When and why It is hard to know Kansas without understanding the impact the Homestead Act of 1. It has been called one of the most important pieces of legislation in the United States. From it, Kansas gained its diverse roots. To acquire land under the act, a person had to pay a 1. On the treeless plains of Kansas, families built dugouts and sod houses and strung miles of barbed wire, some using limestone posts hewn from native stone to string the wire. Parish thinks these stone arched cellars built by craftsmen in the rocky terrain of the Flint Hills were the first structure a homesteading family lived in while a larger, more visible barn and then house were built. The underground cellars also were used as an early form of refrigeration. They kept foods cooler and were often packed in the winter with ice and straw. Starting 1. 0 years ago, Parish created a website, www. Since then, word has spread about the cellars. The tours. People want to see them for themselves. So whats the appealThese cellars have been left to time, Parish said. You begin to notice the chisel marks and pattern of stone. I look at them as portraits. They are so discreet, you can be standing on top of them and if you dont know what to look for not know they are there. They are like looking at a geode. You have to uncover it and crack it open to see something beautiful inside. Rob Meseke is a fence builder and comes from a fifth generation Waubaunsee ranching family. His great great grandfather homesteaded in 1. Alta Vista. The 4. Meseke never explored the cellars growing up. Never had time. I was working all the time, he said. I cant say I was interested in the cellars until Tom Parish came along. Now, Meseke helps lead some of the tours. He says hes come to appreciate the cellars appeal. On the tours, he shares his knowledge of the landscape plus stories passed down from generation to generation in his family. You can go into the caves and tell whether the Germans built them or Swedes by the way they are put together, Meseke said. They each had a different way of putting them together. Patty Reece, owner of the Volland Store, also helps to host the tours. In its heyday, Volland boasted about 1. Now Reece is the only one left. But her century old store has become a draw as an art and community center in the Flint Hills. All of a sudden, something that was taken for granted and considered ordinary is something of interest to people who have never seen them before, Reece said. Aging Baby Boomers and studious Millennials show the greatest interest in seeing the cellars, she said. I thought wouldnt it be wonderful if they could see the original thing, Reece said. Part of the appeal, I think, is that people are fascinated by going into other peoples cellars. The Volland Store offers arched roof cellar and cemetery tours this fall, with more planned for spring Reservations must be made in advance. When Cellar tours are Sept. Oct. 1, 1. 4 1. 5. Cemetery tours are Oct. Each tour lasts about four hours. Adobe Premiere Cc Only Crack Amtlib.Dll. They start at 1 p. Where Go eight miles southwest of Alma on Old K 1. Volland Road to the Volland Store. Cost 2. 0 per person. Box lunches, for an additional 1. 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