Kansas Backroads | What's Really Out Here? - Rice County

Rice County, Kansas—where the towns are small, the railroads are gone, and the population is dropping faster than my patience when someone calls this exciting. In this video, I explore Lyons, Sterling, Chase, Bushton, Frederick, Geneseo, and more, breaking down why these places are struggling and what’s left to see.

We’ll talk abandoned railroads, UFO festivals, and the sad reality of once-busy towns turning into ghost towns. At the end, I drop the Chris Livability Score to officially rank Rice County.

Towns featured: Lyons, Sterling, Chase, Bushton, Frederick, Geneseo, Raymond, Alden, Little River, Mitchell, Saxman.