Free State Brewery, the first legal brewery in Kansas since Prohibition, is listed among 10 “Local Secrets, Big Finds” in Kansas uncovered by Travelocity, the online travel site that booked $4.9 billion of travel last year.

Free State is among the 578 restaurants, parks, events and other “discoveries” that made the Web site’s list of places to go when on the road in the United States and Canada.

The feature was two years in the making. Travelocity editors considered more than 30,000 submissions before coming up with their “exclusive” list of places “often overlooked” by tourists but considered essentials by the people who know them best – the locals.

“Who doesn’t want to do as the locals do?” said Amy Ziff, the company’s editor-at-large. “Our goal in compiling this list was to make exploration simple and fun by pointing travelers in the right direction to find authentic local flavor no matter where they go.”

Among Free State’s strengths, cited by Travelocity editors: “amazing appetizers,” “truly complex” barleywine beer and an overall status as a “true Lawrence original.”