Places NiftyChick Wants to Go

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

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

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

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

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

Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

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

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

Over a million artifacts fill this factory-turned-museum that explores the history of American windmill production.

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

At 32 feet long, this swing is big enough for the whole family—and then some.

This early pioneer landmark is one of the oldest buildings in this part of Kansas and one of the few Dutch mills ever built in the state.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

See the home and the range on which "Home on the Range" was arranged.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

A tribute to the riders who bridged East and West.

Storage units with a wartime past.

This old-school soda shop is the home of the Tin Roof Sundae, a concoction dripping in chocolate, marshmallow, and peanuts.

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

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

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.