Elgin, Nebraska
Bells of the Prairie
More than 150 working bells from churches and one-room-schoolhouses across the Great Plains are assembled in one man's yard.
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Elgin, Nebraska
More than 150 working bells from churches and one-room-schoolhouses across the Great Plains are assembled in one man's yard.
Arthur, Nebraska
This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.
Scotia, Nebraska
After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.
St. James, Nebraska
This simple stone monument honors a 19th-century tragedy.
Chadron, Nebraska
This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.
Valentine, Nebraska
In addition to fishing and camping, this spot in Nebraska’s Sandhills is one of the world’s darkest places.
Kearney, Nebraska
A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.
Red Cloud, Nebraska
Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.
Grand Island, Nebraska
Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.
Winnebago, Nebraska
A Winnebago Tribe collection featuring arrowheads, artwork, and a mysterious rock carving.
Taylor, Nebraska
This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.
Lincoln, Nebraska
This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.
Paxton, Nebraska
What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.
York, Nebraska
Visitors to this museum will uncover a whimsical collection of marbles from across time.
Omaha, Nebraska
An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.
Kearney, Nebraska
Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.
Harrison, Nebraska
A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.
Beatrice, Nebraska
This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.
Omaha, Nebraska
Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”
Minden, Nebraska
This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.
Omaha, Nebraska
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
Harvard, Nebraska
The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.
Harrison, Nebraska
Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.