These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

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

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

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

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

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.

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

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

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.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.