For Generations, The UNL Dairy Store In Lincoln Has Been Serving University-Made Ice Cream And Cheese
Sweet corn ice cream. It sounds like a county fair dare, but students on a Nebraska college campus…
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This Overlooked Nebraska Recreation Area Has Canyon Trails Tucked Away Among The Cornfields
A canyon lake sits a few miles behind a wall of cornfields, and one camper had the whole…
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Brickyards Once Shaped Every Nebraska Main Street And One Old Kiln Still Stands Open To Visitors
Seventy percent of all the brick made in Nebraska once came out of a single town. That same…
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The Nebraska Flea Market So Packed With Finds You’ll Want To Bring A Lunch
World War II relics, stacks of books, and motorcycle rally shirts can all share one roof. Add vintage…
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Walk Inside A Sod House Built The Way Nebraska Homesteaders Stacked Prairie Into Walls
A buffalo made of barbed wire stands guard outside a house built from stacked chunks of prairie. That…
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Vietnamese Pho Broth Simmers For Twelve Hours Every Day At This Family Kitchen In Nebraska
A shrimp roll with the tail poking out the end like a tiny flag. Pho flavor rolled into…
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Gerald Ford Was Born In Nebraska And The Spot Is Now A Quiet Rose Garden
A future president spent just 16 days in the house where he was born. Then his mother packed…
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8 First-Come Nebraska Campgrounds Where You Just Show Up And Pitch A Tent
One campground on this list runs on an honor system. You grab an envelope, tuck your fee inside,…
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This Old-School Nebraska Breakfast Diner Draws Long Morning Lines For Plates Piled With Hash Browns And Gravy
One breakfast here is called the Titanic, and the name is a fair warning. It stacks hash browns,…
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Craft Lovers Wander Aisles Of Yarn And Scrapbook Paper At This Family-Run Nebraska Store
Free popcorn by the front door, with seasonings you can sample, is not what most people expect from…
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Mexican Spices Sold By The Scoop Fill The Aisles Of This Longtime Nebraska Grocery
A grocery store in Nebraska where the tamales can vanish before lunch? That’s real, and the line out…
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Nebraska Pasture-Raised Beef Comes Straight From This Family Ranch That Sells By The Quarter
A Nebraska farm family raises cattle on grass from start to finish. In corn country, that’s a bold…
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Fontenelle Forest In Bellevue, Nebraska, Lets Visitors See Rescued Birds Of Prey Up Close At Its Raptor Woodland
A bald eagle that can’t fly anymore now lives in a treehouse-style home about 30 feet above a…
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Walk Among Thousands Of Native Prairie Plants At This Restored Nebraska Tallgrass Preserve
Pioneer wagon ruts are still carved into the hills here, and they made the National Register of Historic…
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The No-Frills Nebraska Donut Shop That Still Opens Before Sunrise With Fresh Apple Fritters Every Morning
The doors open at 5 a.m., seven days a week, and the apple fritters are already waiting. That’s…
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A Former Bank Vault In Nebraska Now Holds Shelves Of Used Books Instead Of Cash
A friendly little dog often roams a used bookstore where the shelves run from floor to ceiling in…
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8 Nebraska Markets Where You Find Imported Spices And Groceries Sold Nowhere Else In The State
A small grocery in Bellevue makes its own kimchi and kimbap. Right there on the shelves, next to…
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8 Nebraska Places That Tell The Story Of Native Nations Before Statehood
In 1806, an American explorer asked Pawnee leaders to lower a Spanish flag and raise an American one….
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This Honor-System Farm Stand In Nebraska Sells Bread Hot From The Oven That’s Usually Gone By 9:30
The sourdough here is often still warm when it hits the shelf, and the best loaves can vanish…
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7 Nebraska Courthouses Built Before 1915 That Still Hold Court Under Their Original Domes
One architect drew up at least four of the domes on this list, and most Nebraskans have never…
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Nebraska’s Platte River Valley Has A Pioneer Courthouse Where Settlers Once Filed Their Homestead Claims
The very first homestead claim in America sits right beyond a big window, and you can stare straight…
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Step Inside Buffalo Bill’s Restored 1880s Mansion And See Ranch Life Come Alive In Nebraska
The most famous showman of the 1880s had a house built on the Nebraska prairie, and you can…
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This Nebraska Nonprofit Gives Kids A Place To Skate, Study And Find Their Community
A public high school program shares a roof with an indoor street skatepark, and nobody inside seems to…
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Lewis And Clark Fans In Nebraska Should See The Full-Size Keelboat Replica At This River Museum
A 55-foot wooden keelboat sits on a Nebraska bluff, and you’re allowed to climb right aboard it. Better…
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5 Nebraska Farms That Press Apple Cider From Fruit Grown In Their Own Orchards
One orchard on this list can press between 35,000 and 40,000 gallons of apple cider in a good…
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This Small-Town Nebraska Gift Shop Feels Like Christmas Morning All Year Long
A spiral staircase wrapped in Christmas lights glows every single day of the year inside one small Nebraska…
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Every Train Fan Gets Close To The World’s Largest Steam Locomotive Sitting In A Nebraska Park
A Big Boy steam locomotive once rode down a highway on a truck. It’s the only known time…
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This Nebraska Hobby Shop Is A Paradise For Anyone Who Loves Model Kits And RC Cars
A hobby shop in Nebraska once had to build walls around its own race track. Rain soaked a…
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Ted & Wally’s In Omaha Makes Its Ice Cream From Scratch, And Nebraskans Keep Coming Back For More
Twenty percent butterfat. That number belongs to an ice cream shop that says nobody in the country goes…
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This Nebraska Fabric Shop Opens Onto So Much Kaffe Fassett Fabric That Quilters Drive Hours To Shop It
One Nebraska fabric store gives Kaffe Fassett prints far more than a single shelf. They get what feels…
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Why Do Thousands Of Visitors Stop At A Nebraska Town That Spells Its Name Backward Each Year
A 400-foot limestone tower rises straight out of the prairie, and it holds a working government inside. It’s…
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This Nebraska Festival Turns Its Weekends Into A Renaissance Fair With Jousting And Over 70 Vendors
Armored riders charge at each other on horseback here, and yes, the jousting is full contact. That alone…
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This Nebraska Retreat Has A Quiet Prayer Path Lined With Sculpted Stations Of The Cross
Fourteen larger-than-life sculptures stand along a paved path in the Platte River Valley, each one frozen in a…
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This Nebraska Coffee House Has Been Pouring Cups Blocks From The Capitol For Nearly 40 Years
A buttery croissant gets folded around eggs and sausage, dusted with rosemary and garlic, and given a name…
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9 Enormous Nebraska Flea Markets Where Old Farm Tools And Rare Collectibles Still Sell Cheap
One Nebraska antique shop calls itself the one and only pickers paradise from Denver to Des Moines. That…
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This Nebraska Bakery Makes Gluten-Free And Vegan Desserts That Even Cake Skeptics Go Back For
Glazed donuts that are both gluten-free and vegan. Sticky pecan rolls made without wheat, dairy, or eggs, lined…
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The Spaghetti At This Family-Owned Nebraska Italian Restaurant Comes With Housemade Pasta And Gigantic Meatballs
The mozzarella sticks at this Italian spot are made from the kitchen’s own homemade pasta. That one detail…
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Where To Buy Plants In Nebraska Before The Holiday Shopping Rush
An Irish immigrant with a horticulture degree started one of these plant shops out of his garage in…
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This Nebraska Toy Shop Is Packed With Action Figures And Vintage Toys That Bring Back The ’70s And ’80s
One toy shop in Nebraska carries more than 100,000 items priced under ten dollars. That number alone made…
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This Nebraska Cat Sanctuary Gives More Than 100 Rescued Cats A Cage-Free Home To Roam
A rescue in the countryside makes adopters fill out an application before taking a pet home. Your pets…
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This Gothic Cathedral In Nebraska Took Decades To Finish And Still Rings Its Bells Every Sunday
A bishop in Nebraska refused to borrow money for his cathedral, so the builders simply waited for the…
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Over 1,000 Pieces Of Prairie Pottery Line The Shelves Of This Restored Nebraska Mansion
A house built from blocks of prairie earth has stood in central Nebraska since 1900, and one family…
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This Enormous Nebraska Antique Mall Fills Endless Aisles With Hundreds Of Dealer Booths Every Day
The aisles here have street signs. That’s how big this antique mall gets, and it’s open from morning…
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This Saunders County Wellness Program Brings Gentle PEMF Sessions To Nebraska Dogs And Horses
A dog with a bad back once hopped straight onto a therapy mat the moment her helper arrived….
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8 Nebraska Christmas Tree Farms Where You Saw Down A Tree Grown In Their Own Fields
One small Nebraska tree farm has added roughly 200 new trees to its fields every single year since…
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This Nebraska Lake Park Has Campsites Right On White Sand Beaches So The Weekend Never Has To End
You can pitch a tent directly on soft white sand here and wake up a few steps from…
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Nebraska Is Home To A Carhenge Built From 39 Vintage Cars Painted Gray
A 1962 Cadillac stands in for the heel stone. The rest of the circle is built from classic…
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Stuhr Museum Rebuilt An 1890s Railroad Town In Nebraska Where Costumed Townsfolk Still Work
Henry Fonda’s boyhood home now sits on a street where the calendar seems stuck in the 1890s. The…
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9 Nebraska Pumpkin Patches This October
One Nebraska pumpkin patch has a 700-foot zipline and a boat ride across its own pumpkin pond. I…
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Low Prices Fill Your Arms With Old Coins And Tractor Models At This Huge Nebraska Antique Mall
The owner of this antique mall would rather price things fairly than watch them sit on a shelf….
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A Tiny Hilltop Boot Hill In Ogallala Puts Nebraska’s Cowboy Days Right Under Your Feet
A small sign off Interstate 80 says Boot Hill, with a simple arrow pointing into a quiet neighborhood….
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Wildcat Hills In Nebraska Shelters Bighorn Sheep Along Pine Ridges Above The Panhandle
Bighorn sheep climb pine-covered ridges in western Nebraska. Yes, real bighorns, with the curled horns and everything. They…
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The Reuben Was Invented In Nebraska And This Old Omaha Tavern Still Serves One Packed With Corned Beef
A neighborhood pub in Nebraska has been feeding its corner of the city for about 111 years. Its…
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Nebraska Has A Free Museum Of Ancient Weapons And Armor That’s As Fascinating As You’d Hope
A full-size Roman siege machine sits in a college basement in Nebraska. It’s called an onager, and no,…
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Silent Films Once Flickered Inside This 1920s Nebraska Theater That Still Screens Movies Nightly
A volunteer climbing a ladder to swap letters on a glowing marquee is still part of the routine…
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This Nebraska Bakery Rolls Out Cinnamon Rolls Made Without Gluten, Plus Dairy-Free Cakes
A gluten-free cinnamon roll that stands up to any regular cinnamon roll in Omaha? That is a bold…
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Rows Of Old-Fashioned Candy Fill The Shelves Inside This Converted Nebraska Warehouse
A brick building that once handled milk for a creamery now sells chocolate-covered bacon. It also hides a…
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10 Nebraska Shelters And Cafes Where Rescue Cats Wait To Pick Their Own Humans
A single shelter in western Nebraska sent 402 cats home with new families in 2023. Every one of…
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This Nebraska Art Center Turned An Old Downtown Warehouse Into Galleries And Artist Studios
Artists from far beyond the Great Plains live and work inside an old brick warehouse, and you can…
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8 Nebraska Places That Sell Honey
One Nebraska honey farm proudly says you won’t find plastic bears on its shelves. Just jars of raw,…
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More Than 200 Vintage Cars And A 1950s Gas Station Await At This Kearney, Nebraska Auto Museum
A hot rod that belonged to Metallica frontman James Hetfield has sat inside a car museum just off…
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This Nebraska Sanctuary Gives Rescued Senior And Special-Needs Animals A Safe Place To Rest
A crow named Amos, a Zebu cow named Moana, and two potbelly pigs called Wiggles and Piggles share…
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Nebraska Is Home To A Glass Rainforest Where Free-Flying Birds Swoop Over Your Head
Fruit bats zip past your shoulders while a waterfall roars 50 feet down a rocky cliff. All of…
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This Nebraska Observation Tower Gives You A Sweeping View Over The Platte River Valley After A Short Climb
Seventy feet of steel stands on a bluff, and on a breezy day you can feel it sway…
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Since 1965, This Cash-Only Omaha Grill Has Been Stacking Ham And Eggs On Its Famous Burgers
The burger that made this place famous comes topped with honey smoked ham and a fried egg. Yes,…
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This Nebraska Canyon Hike Gets Moderate To Hard, With Stunning Views Of The Bluffs Along The Way
A tiny gravel parking spot in western Nebraska leads to a hike that can go from moderate to…
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12 Nebraska Day Trips That Feel Like A Real Getaway Without Ever Boarding A Plane
Somewhere north of a small Nebraska town, a 1962 Cadillac stands in for an ancient English heel stone….
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Colby Ridge Popcorn & Ice Cream In Lincoln, Nebraska, Is A Local Favorite For Flavored Popcorn
Bubble gum ice cream and cheese popcorn share the same counter at one cheerful Nebraska snack shop. That…
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This Nebraska Drive-In Keeps Big-Screen Nights Alive In The Age Of Streaming
A free coupon for popcorn and a butter station with no limits. That alone might be enough to…
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This Nebraska Museum Lets You Walk Through A Whole Hall Of Fossilized Mammoth Skeletons For Cheap
A mammoth named Archie stands near the front of a Nebraska museum, and he does not do small….
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Lewis And Clark Camped Along This Bluff That Nebraska Now Protects As A Quiet State Park
Two famous explorers floated past these Missouri River bluffs in the summer of 1804 and took notes on…
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8 Nebraska Places Where Beginners Ride Horseback Through Real Pasture Or Bluff Country
In the 1930s, the U.S. Olympic equestrian team trained on Nebraska soil. Today, a total beginner can saddle…
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This Nebraska Nonprofit Turns Ordinary Puppies Into Dogs That Could Save Lives
Some dogs learn to sit, stay, and fetch. At one Nebraska nonprofit, they learn something far more important:…
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Steaks Have Been Cut By Hand For Over A Century At This Nebraska Steakhouse
The prime rib here gets roasted by the whole rib and sliced only after you order it. That…
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This Nebraska Victorian Mansion Is Filled With Antique Dolls And Rooms Frozen In The 1800s
A grand Victorian mansion in eastern Nebraska still has its rooms arranged like the 1800s never packed up…
