Pheasant Hunters Have Fueled Up On Homemade Pie At This Sandhills Nebraska Cafe Every Fall Since 1952
Raisin meringue pie. That’s the slice that keeps turning up on the menu talk at one small-town cafe,…
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Thin Crust Pizza Has Come Out Of The Same Ovens At This Nebraska Pizza Joint Since 1966
A pizza place can call its double crust a local legend and back it up with nearly six…
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The Old Movie Theater In Nebraska That’s Still Screening Cult Classics 100 Years Later
One neighborhood movie house kept The Sound of Music on its screen for 118 straight weeks. That run…
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This Nebraska Western Store Stocks Saddles And Top-Line Tack Worth Detouring Off The Interstate For
A 7X Rodeo King cowboy hat is the kind of thing you’d expect in a big-city western superstore….
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This Nebraska Bakery Keeps A Beloved Small-Town Tradition Alive, One Pastry At A Time
A small-town bakery in southwest Nebraska once won a James Beard Foundation award, and the ovens at that…
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Model Railroaders Find Thousands Of HO-Scale Cars Stacked On The Shelves Of This Nebraska Hobby Shop
Somewhere on the Nebraska prairie, one small-town shop keeps an estimated 13,000 HO-scale train cars on hand. That…
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This Small-Town Nebraska Bowling Alley Is The Only Place To Roll A Strike For Miles
In one corner of western Nebraska, the nearest bowling lane might be the only one within a 50…
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This Nebraska Trail Looks Like Another Planet, With Rock Toadstools Balancing On Stone Stems
Heavy stone caps sit perched on skinny rock stems, waiting for the wind to finish the job. Some…
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Readers Pick From 6 Nebraska Single-Screen Theaters That Still Charge Small-Town Prices For New Movies
A movie theater in a Sandhills town of about 1,500 people runs a new laser-driven digital projector and…
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If You Love Old Depots These 8 Nebraska Museums Still Sit Inside Original Railroad Stations
A restored soda fountain still serves treats inside a 1931 art deco train station in Nebraska. I love…
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This Nebraska Truck Stop Pairs A Sit-Down Grill With A Speed Museum For Everyone Rolling Through On I-80
A truck stop off Interstate 80 has a little speed museum sitting right beside its sit-down grill. You…
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Oven-Fried Chicken Comes Out Of A Former Housing Authority Kitchen At This Nebraska Soul Food Spot
The famous fried chicken here never touches a deep fryer. It bakes in an oven, seasoned with family…
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This Neighborhood Café In Nebraska Serves The Kind Of Comfort Food You Grew Up On
An orange building on a busy Nebraska street holds a cafe that stays open 363 days a year….
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This Nebraska Farm And Creamery Lets You Taste Fresh Cheese Right Where It’s Made
A baby giraffe at a city zoo once drank milk from a family goat farm. That detail alone…
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This Nebraska Bookstore Has An Upstairs Nook Where You Read With Coffee From Its Café
Somewhere in southeast Nebraska, a bookstore hides a reading nook upstairs, and your latte is allowed to come…
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Started In A Dorm Room Kitchen, This Nebraska Kolache Bakery Now Rolls Thousands Every Weekend
Sausage gravy stuffed inside a soft, slightly sweet bun, handed out a drive-thru window before most folks find…
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This Grand 1920s Theater In Nebraska Is Now Where Kids Fall In Love With The Stage
A 1920s movie palace in Nebraska once had a miniature golf course in its lobby. Today, that same…
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Biscuits And Gravy Draw Breakfast Crowds To This Little Nebraska Diner Inside An Old Fire Station
The sausage gravy here gets poured under a wood ceiling that has hung above the dining room since…
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This Nebraska Quilt Shop Packs In So Many Designer Fabrics That A Quick Stop Isn’t Enough
One quilter planned an overnight stay around a single fabric shop. That shop sits in western Nebraska, and…
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Rescued Cats Wander Between The Tables At This Nebraska Cafe Where Every Lap Cat Is Up For Adoption
Every single cat curled up on a chair here is waiting for a family. The one batting at…
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Nebraska Has A Real 1903 Stone Castle With 35 Rooms You Still Walk Through Today
A Nebraska newspaper tycoon built himself a four-story stone castle in 1903, complete with turrets and stair-stepped gables….
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Until Halloween These 8 Nebraska Pumpkin Patches Let You Pick Pumpkins
Two different pumpkin patches sit in the same tiny Nebraska village, and both let you ride out and…
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Know Before You Drive Up That Nebraska’s Famous Bluff Road Tunnels Straight Through The Rock
Three times on one short drive, the road ahead disappears straight into solid rock. Those are the only…
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An SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane Hangs Indoors At This Enormous Nebraska Air Museum
The tour starts at the nose of an SR-71 Blackbird, the jet once famous for outrunning almost everything…
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Nebraska’s Tallest Waterfall Drops 63 Feet Through A Shady Canyon Along The Niobrara River
A waterfall drops 63 feet into a cool, shady canyon, and it sits in Nebraska. Yes, the state…
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This Free Nebraska Park Lets You Hike To Bluffs Where Prehistoric Mammals Were Buried Beneath The Prairie
Spiral burrows twisting straight down into the ground earned a nickname that sounds like a scary movie: Devil’s…
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You Could Spend A Whole Day At This Nebraska Museum And Still Not See All 50,000 Items
A combine from 1890 that once needed 30 horses to pull it sits inside one long farm machinery…
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Steaks Get Cut To Order Behind The Glass Counter At This Nebraska Butcher Shop Open Since 1909
Somewhere in Nebraska, a butcher shop keeps roughly 140 kinds of sausage on hand. That count includes Wisconsin…
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Crates Of Vinyl Records Fill The Bins At This Omaha Music Store That Opened In 1971
The Ramones once stopped by this record store. So did Patti Smith, Ozzy, and Blue Oyster Cult. Today,…
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This Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Center Treats Thousands Of Injured Animals Each Year Before Sending Them Back Outdoors
More than 1,200 wild animals arrived at one rescue center in just the first half of a single…
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Layers Of Napoleon Torte Have Come Out Of This Lithuanian Bakery In Omaha, Nebraska Since The 1960s
One cake. Eight fragile wafer layers. Three full days to make. That is the kind of patience most…
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A Lebanese Grocery In Nebraska Bakes Its Own Pita And Stocks Spices You Won’t Find At Chain Stores
A family’s homemade hummus and falafel sit just a few steps from bulk bins where you can fill…
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This Tranquil Buddhist Temple In Nebraska Welcomes Anyone On Sundays, And Its Statues Stand Right By The Road
Drivers on a busy north-side parkway get a surprise most commutes never offer. A group of Buddhist statues…
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This Old-School Nebraska Cafe Has Been Around Since 1968 And Makes Its Own Biscuits For Biscuits And Gravy
First-timers at one Omaha-area diner may get handed a free homemade donut, just for being new. I love…
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Landlocked Nebraska Has A Longtime Family-Favorite Omaha Seafood Spot Serving Fresh Oysters And Lightly Fried Fish
Oysters get shucked right in front of you at a seafood counter hundreds of miles from any ocean….
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This Historic Nebraska Mill Still Tells The Winter Quarters Story Of Water-Powered Flour And Lumber
Hand-hewn timbers cut by pioneers in 1846 still hold up an old pink mill in Nebraska. You can…
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More Than 30 Clydesdales And Draft Horses Pull Wagons At This Working Nebraska Farm
Feathered hooves the size of dinner plates are just part of the daily routine at one family farm…
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Searching The Gravel Bars Of Nebraska’s Platte River Turns Up Agates Polished By Ten Thousand Years Of Current
Nebraska’s official state rock is an agate, and the Platte River has been tumbling them smooth since long…
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Folks Still Crowd The Counter At This Nebraska Steakhouse That Has Grilled Over Open Flame Since 1956
A steak dinner here can come with a live soundtrack drifting across the room. The whole place leans…
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This Nebraska Comic Shop Keeps Thousands Of Back Issues Filed In Long Boxes Going Back To The 1960s
One comic shop in Nebraska sells vintage back issues, retro video games, and Star Wars figures under one…
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There Aren’t Many Places To Eat On This Lonely Nebraska Highway, But This One Is Worth The Stop
Three local families teamed up to open a restaurant at a lonely highway junction, and then they renovated…
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People Make A Point Of Walking This Nebraska District’s Brick Streets Lined With Historic Buildings And Boutiques
Grad and prom photo shoots aren’t allowed in one of Nebraska’s prettiest brick passageways. Honestly, I get why…
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Over 400,000 Sandhill Cranes Roost At This Nebraska Sanctuary And Viewing Blinds Book Up By Winter
The rules inside these riverside blinds are so strict that a crinkly granola bar wrapper counts as a…
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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…
