Places sarahebpms Wants to Go

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

Storage units with a wartime past.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

The world’s largest collection of angel figurines includes 600 black angels donated by Oprah Winfrey.

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.