Most people from outside Kansas think the state is very flat. But, Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University, says if you go to western Wallace County you can climb Mount Sunflower.  

If someone told you there's a place where you could see buffalo, coyotes, horses and even a roadrunner...you'd probably think you were headed to a zoo. But it's a museum. And, the animals are made of barbed wire...lots of it.  Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University, has more on this interesting collection of animals at the Fort Wallace Museum.

Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University, chronicles the history of Wallace, Kansas...and the many treasures that can be found in the Fort Wallace Museum.

It's common to see celebrities break open the wax seal on an envelope during an awards ceremony, but have you ever wondered where those wax seasl come from? Believe it or not, there's a company in rural Kansas that produces well over 100,000 wax seals a year. Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at K-State, profiles Old School Seals in Tipton, Kansas. 

Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at K-State, explains how a family that started growing pumpkins as a 4-H horticulture project, ended up with 25 acres of pumpkins and a thriving family business.

If you're looking for the only pumpkin-shaped canning jar in the world, Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institure for Rural Development at Kansas State University, says you'll need to visit Walters' Pumpkin Patch near Burns, Kansas.

Brenda and Doug Renyer like to see a lot of orange and green in the fall. Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University, says the Renyer's like orange and green because those are the colors of pumpkins...and they operate Renyer's Pumpkin Farm near Wetmore, Kansas...which attracts thousands of visitors over just five weekends in the fall.

Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at K-State, takes a trip down to the old swimming hole. But this isn't just any old swimming hole, it's  hydrotherapy for horses...and it's in rural Kansas.  

Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University, profiles a "superhorse" from rural Kansas.

Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National  Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University, profiles a rural Kansas family that has turned a hobby -- raising bees -- into a successful business.