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22 places
Landmarks, neighborhoods, businesses, and events worth a detour — statewide, with Lincoln in the mix.
Landmark · Bayard, NE
325-foot spire on the Oregon Trail — one of the most recognizable landmarks in the West. Ghost stories optional.
1.5 mi S of Hwy 92 on Chimney Rock Rd
Grounds: dawn to dusk. Visitor Center: seasonal.
Official site →Landmark · Gering, NE
800-foot bluff that guided Oregon, California, and Mormon Trail emigrants. Summit views over the Platte valley.
190279 Old Oregon Trail
Visitor Center/Summit Road: seasonal.
Official site →Landmark · Alliance, NE
38 gray-painted cars arranged as Stonehenge in a wheat field. Nearly demolished — now beloved.
2151 County Road 59
Open 24 hours, year-round.
Official site →Landmark · Crawford, NE
Mushroom-shaped rock formations and badlands terrain — otherworldly panhandle geology.
Oglala National Grassland
Open 24 hours, year-round.
Landmark · Crawford, NE
Nebraska's largest state park. Crazy Horse was killed here in 1877. Trail rides, jeep tours, historic lodging.
3200 US-20
Open year-round; lodge/activities seasonal.
Official site →Landmark · Lincoln, NE
Art Deco tower — no dome. Free tours. Read the inscriptions most people walk past.
1445 K Street
Mon–Fri tours; self-guided when open.
Landmark · Lincoln, NE
The Sea of Red. Gameday energy that reshapes a city of 300,000.
Landmark · Lincoln, NE
Free botanical garden — Lincoln's best-kept downtown secret.
Landmark · Omaha, NE
Consistently ranked among the top zoos in the world. Desert dome, aquarium, skyfari.
Official site →Neighborhood · Omaha, NE
Cobblestones, galleries, restaurants — Omaha's personality in one district.
Neighborhood · Lincoln, NE
Shops, dining, events — Lincoln's downtown revival hub.
Business · Lincoln, NE
German-Russian meat-and-cabbage pockets since 1949. Nebraska institution.
Event · Hastings, NE
Celebrating Edwin Perkins' 1927 invention. Nebraska's official state soft drink.
Annual — August
Event · Platte River, NE
600,000+ cranes stage along the Platte — largest concentration on Earth. Audubon's bucket list.
March–April
Landmark · Lincoln, NE
200-ton limestone hand cradling a family — same Indiana stone as the Capitol. Most walk past without knowing.
1526 K Street
Landmark · Omaha, NE
Omaha's Art Deco masterpiece in pink Georgia marble. European, American, and Native American collections — and admission to the permanent collection is free.
2200 Dodge St
Official site →Landmark · Omaha, NE
100 acres of botanical gardens and arboretum along the Missouri River — model railroad garden, seasonal displays, and the Kenefick Park steam locomotives next door.
100 Bancroft St
Official site →Landmark · Lincoln, NE
Three floors of racing history — engines, pedal cars, and the world's largest collection of speed equipment. A Lincoln gearhead pilgrimage.
599 Oak Creek Dr
Official site →Landmark · Royal, NE
Nebraska's "prehistoric Pompeii" — rhinos, horses, and camels buried by volcanic ash 12 million years ago, excavated in place under a roofed dig.
Official site →Landmark · Valentine, NE
One of the best canoeing and tubing rivers in the country — spring-fed waterfalls, six ecosystems converging, and 76 miles of designated scenic river.
Official site →Landmark · Valentine, NE
Nebraska's tallest waterfall at 63 feet, tucked along the Niobrara. The reward at the end of a short boardwalk through the river canyon.
Official site →Event · Lincoln, NE
Lincoln's monthly art walk — galleries, studios, and shops open late downtown and in the Haymarket. Free, walkable, and the best night to meet local artists.
First Friday of each month
