Visiting Manhattan, United States: Top Sights on Foot
Things to Do in Manhattan, Kansas
Looking for things to do in Manhattan, Kansas? This city, known as the “Little Apple,” combines university spirit, creative culture, and access to the rolling Flint Hills. Neywo’s free audio guide for Manhattan includes 858 narrated places, so you can explore the city while hearing its stories at your own pace.
What to See in Manhattan, Kansas
Manhattan offers a relaxed college-town atmosphere shaped by Kansas State University, local arts, and the surrounding prairie landscape. These are the experiences that define a visit.
Kansas State University
Kansas State University is at the heart of Manhattan’s identity. Its campus combines historic character with cultural attractions, including the Beach Museum of Art, whose exhibitions include regional and contemporary works.
University athletics are another important part of local life. A Kansas State football game at Bill Snyder Family Stadium is one way to experience the city’s strong school spirit and collegiate atmosphere.
The Beach Museum of Art
Located on the Kansas State University campus, the Beach Museum of Art gives Manhattan a distinctive cultural dimension. Its collection and exhibitions focus on regional and contemporary works, making it a natural stop for visitors interested in the creative life of the city.
Museum of Art + Light
Near Poyntz Avenue, the Museum of Art + Light offers an experience that goes beyond a conventional gallery. Its displays use color, light, texture, and space to create immersive environments.
The museum reflects Manhattan’s imaginative arts scene, which also extends to independent businesses, entertainment venues, and local activities.
Poyntz Avenue and the Local Creative Scene
Poyntz Avenue is part of the city’s cultural center, with places to explore and local businesses that contribute to Manhattan’s community atmosphere. Visitors can also find activities such as axe throwing, offering a more informal way to spend time in the city.
The Flint Hills
The landscape around Manhattan is one of its defining attractions. The city sits among the rolling Flint Hills, where grasslands stretch across softly undulating horizons.
The Flint Hills offer a distinctly Kansas setting and a slower-paced alternative to a busy urban itinerary. Scenic exploration here is less about a single landmark than about appreciating the open prairie, changing horizons, and the natural environment surrounding the city.
Why Visit Manhattan, Kansas?
Manhattan brings together several sides of Kansas in one destination: the energy of a university town, a creative local culture, and the wide-open character of the Flint Hills. It is a good place to explore without filling every moment of the day, whether your interests are art, college traditions, outdoor scenery, or everyday local life.
For a broader trip through the region, you can also explore Kansas, or compare Manhattan with nearby Topeka and Wichita.
Explore Manhattan with Neywo
Neywo turns your visit into a self-guided audio experience. Its free Manhattan audio guide includes 858 narrated places, with stories available in 11 languages. Each story plays as you reach the place, at your own pace: no group and no schedule.
The Manhattan tours include:
- 7 walking tours, including a 2.65 km walk with 10 stops and a 4.24 km walk with 8 stops.
- 1 bus route, covering 7.9 km in 34 minutes with 12 narrated stops.
- 1 bike route, covering 5.8 km in 29 minutes with 9 narrated stops.
Download Neywo and explore Manhattan independently, letting the app tell the story of each place as you arrive.
Places with an audio guide in Manhattan
8 places in Manhattan with a Neywo audio guide. Each one starts telling its story as you reach it.
Self-guided tours in Manhattan
9 tours in Manhattan, free in the Neywo app. Each stop tells its story as you reach it.
- Bike ride
Central Park by Bike: Strawberry Fields to the Blockhouse
Ride the park's car-free loop and paths from Strawberry Fields, the garden memorial to John Lennon, past Bethesda Fountain, Balto, the zoo and the Alice in Wonderland statue to Cleopatra's Needle and Belvedere Castle. Then continue north to the 1812 Blockhouse and Fort Clinton.
Strawberry Fields · Bethesda Fountain · Balto · Central Park Zoo · Alice in Wonderland · Cleopatra's Needle …
Open this tour: Central Park by Bike: Strawberry Fields to the Blockhouse - Bus ride
M1 Bus: Museum Mile to Greenwich Village Along Fifth Avenue
Ride the M1 south from Harlem down Fifth Avenue. It passes the Museum of the City of New York, the Jewish Museum, the Guggenheim and the Neue Galerie, then the Frick mansion, Temple Emanu-El, Trump Tower, Saint Thomas Church and Rockefeller Center's Atlas, before reaching the Flatiron Building and the artists' club on lower Fifth Avenue, all on one ordinary bus fare.
Museum of the City of New York · Jewish Museum · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Neue Galerie · Henry Clay Frick House · Temple Emanu-El …
Open this tour: M1 Bus: Museum Mile to Greenwich Village Along Fifth Avenue - Walk
Where New York Began: Battery to Woolworth Building
Start at the old fortress where immigrants landed before Ellis Island, then walk up to Wall Street past the Charging Bull, Fearless Girl and the Stock Exchange. Stand where Washington took his oath at Federal Hall, see Trinity Church, then pause at the 9/11 Memorial and One World Trade Center. Visit the chapel where Washington prayed and end beneath the Gothic Woolworth Building, once the tallest in the world.
Castle Clinton · Charging Bull · Fearless Girl · New York Stock Exchange · Federal Hall · Trinity Church …
Open this tour: Where New York Began: Battery to Woolworth Building - Walk
Midtown Skyline: Library Lions to the Chrysler Building
Start at the New York Public Library and its stone lions, rest in Bryant Park, then pass the lights of Times Square, Rockefeller Center and St Patrick's Cathedral. End in Grand Central's great concourse and look up at the Chrysler Building's steel crown.
New York Public Library Main Branch · Bryant Park · Times Square · Rockefeller Center · St. Patrick's Cathedral · Grand Central Terminal …
Open this tour: Midtown Skyline: Library Lions to the Chrysler Building - Walk
Museum Mile: Fifth Avenue's Palaces of Art
Walk the stretch of Fifth Avenue along Central Park that holds some of the world's great museums. Begin at the Frick mansion, then see the Metropolitan Museum, the Neue Galerie in a Gilded Age mansion, Frank Lloyd Wright's spiralling Guggenheim, the Cooper Hewitt design museum and the Jewish Museum.
Henry Clay Frick House · Metropolitan Museum of Art · Neue Galerie · Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Jewish Museum
Open this tour: Museum Mile: Fifth Avenue's Palaces of Art - Walk
Greenwich Village to the High Line: Rebels, Artists and Rails
Begin under the Washington Square Arch and pass an artists' club that has met since 1871. Wander the streets of Greenwich Village to the Stonewall Inn, the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement, then walk west to the Whitney Museum and up onto the High Line, the old freight railway turned park in the sky.
Washington Square Arch · Salmagundi Club · Greenwich Village · Stonewall Inn · Whitney Museum of American Art · High Line
Open this tour: Greenwich Village to the High Line: Rebels, Artists and Rails - Walk
Immigrant Manhattan: Chinatown, Little Italy and the Lower East Side
Follow the footsteps of the newcomers who built the city. Start at the Museum of Chinese in America, cross Chinatown and Little Italy, then see the old Bowery Savings Bank and St Patrick's Old Cathedral. Finish among the tenement and synagogue museums of the Lower East Side and the New Museum.
Museum of Chinese in America · Chinatown · Little Italy · Bowery Savings Bank Building · St. Patrick's Old Cathedral · New Museum …
Open this tour: Immigrant Manhattan: Chinatown, Little Italy and the Lower East Side - Walk
Central Park West: Lincoln Center, the Dakota and Strawberry Fields
Start at Columbus Circle and walk up Broadway to Lincoln Center and the Verdi Monument. Cross to the American Museum of Natural History, the Dakota apartments where John Lennon lived, and Strawberry Fields. End at Belvedere Castle in the heart of Central Park.
Columbus Circle · Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · Giuseppe Verdi Monument · American Museum of Natural History · The Dakota · Strawberry Fields …
Open this tour: Central Park West: Lincoln Center, the Dakota and Strawberry Fields - Walk
Flatiron to the Empire State: Downtown Towers and Gardens
Start at the wedge-shaped Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park, then pass the Museum of Sex and Madison Square Garden. Finish at the Empire State Building and the Morgan Library, the financier's palace of books.
Flatiron Building · Madison Square and Madison Square Park · Museum of Sex · Madison Square Garden · Empire State Building · The Morgan Library & Museum
Open this tour: Flatiron to the Empire State: Downtown Towers and Gardens
Walk Manhattan with Neywo
Neywo turns Manhattan into a self-guided audio tour. Stories arrive as you reach the place they belong to, and the route reshapes when you wander off it.
