Hidden, weird date ideas in Wichita

22 genuinely offbeat spots — like Sacred Sounds by Lauren (& Julie), The Shadows, The Wichita Troll — the local secrets even locals miss, hand-vetted and sourced. You didn't hear it from us.

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Sacred Sounds by Lauren (& Julie) Two longtime friends, Lauren and Julie, run reiki-infused, dual-practitioner sound baths inside a 24-foot tip… Wichita
The Shadows A 1920s/30s-style speakeasy where the door is an antique wall telephone and entry takes a secret password sha… West Wichita (Kellogg & Dugan)
The Wichita Troll A 7-foot, 200-pound bronze troll with greenish skin, big ears, wood-plank shoes and a patchwork outfit crouch… Riverside (Arkansas River east bank, near Veterans Memorial Park)
Fisch Haus A multi-disciplinary artist cooperative founded in 1990, run out of a three-story warehouse since 1993 with s… Commerce Street Arts District (Old Town / downtown)
Skeletons Out of the Closet An alternative shop of upcycled furniture, local art, decorative skulls and Furrybones figurines with a small… Douglas Design District
La Vie Bohème Apothecary & Curiosity Shoppe A tiny apothecary-and-curiosity shoppe tucked into the Douglas Design District, stocked with herbs, resins, a… Douglas Design District
Lava & Tonic An unmarked, sign-less tiki bar tucked into the strip beside The Donut Whole and Hopping Gnome; you find it b… Douglas Design District
TankHouse Community Wichita's only sensory-deprivation float source, run as a self-supported, faith-based community sanctuary rat… Southeast Wichita
Chainlink Gallery Place An experimental, artist-run sandbox built on a once-vacant downtown lot and facilitated by Harvester Arts. Fr… Downtown Wichita (Douglas Ave)
Highland Cemetery (Wichita's abandoned pioneer cemetery) Wichita's oldest cemetery (est. 1870) was abandoned by its cemetery company in 1982 and is the city's most va… Hillside / Midtown (just north of College Hill)
Wild West Delano self-guided ghost & red-light-district audio walk Before it was a brunch district, Delano was a lawless cowtown of saloons, gambling and brothels with no sheri… Delano
The Record Ship A quietly opened, family-run indie shop run by longtime Wichita musician Les Easterby (The Wichita Flag, The… Douglas Design District
Ecstatic Dance Wichita Barefoot, alcohol- and drug-free movement-meditation gatherings led by Wichita native Eileen McNeill, drawing… Wichita
Stonehenge Jr. (Solar Calendar) Tucked into the northwest corner of Central Riverside Park, this circle of limestone megaliths, colored glass… Riverside
Giant's Footprint at Oak Park Inside Oak Park's wooded disc-golf course along the Little Arkansas River, a lily pond is shaped exactly like… Riverside
inHarmony Vibroacoustic Sound Lounge at Wichita Laser Clinic Tucked inside a west-side laser/aesthetics clinic, this is the area's first inHarmony Vibroacoustic Sound Lou… West Wichita
Urban Routine Wellness — Dream Awake Soul Experience Inside an inclusive downtown wellness studio founded by reiki master Derek Davenport, the Dream Awake Soul Ex… Old Town / Downtown Wichita
The Lucky Tree (Honking Tree) A massive cottonwood nearly 150 years old stands alone on the west side of K-96 between the Bentley and Maize… Northwest Wichita (K-96 near Maize)
Hattie Waller statue & Maple Grove Abbey, Maple Grove Cemetery Across the street from Highland, Maple Grove hides the haunting marble likeness of three-year-old Hattie Wall… Hillside / Midtown (just north of College Hill)
Accent Bridal & Tux (the haunted former bordello) This family-run bridal shop occupies a building that was once a Delano bordello, and the staff swear it's sti… Delano
MoonStone A serene, locally owned metaphysical shop on Douglas in Delano, near the clock-tower roundabout. Owner Karla… Delano
Spektrum Muzik Wichita's longest-running independent record store, tucked into Delano since 2012, with a curated buy-sell-tr… Delano