Places Ethan Z Wants to Go

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

This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.

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

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

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

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

Visitors to this museum will uncover a whimsical collection of marbles from across time.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

For one month, the fields and skies of Gibbon, Nebraska, come alive with one of the largest gatherings of sandhill cranes in North America.

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

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

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

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

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.