A Patriotic Family Road Trip in Nebraska

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE

Lincoln's Art Deco capitol tower, topped by "The Sower" statue, also houses the only unicameral, nonpartisan legislature in the country.

Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum

Ashland, NE

Cold War-era bombers, missiles, and reconnaissance aircraft near Offutt Air Force Base outside Omaha.

Fort Robinson State Park

Crawford, NE

An 1874 Army post where Crazy Horse was killed in 1877, later home to a Buffalo Soldier regiment and a WWII K-9 training center.

Fort Kearny State Historical Park

Kearney, NE

A reconstructed stockade of the 1848 fort built to protect travelers on the Oregon Trail.

Chimney Rock National Historic Site

Bayard, NE

The spire that told Oregon Trail emigrants they had reached the West.

Homestead National Historical Park

Beatrice, NE

The claim of Daniel Freeman, among the first filed under the Homestead Act on January 1, 1863.

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Gering, NE

A landmark bluff on the Oregon Trail, with swales of wagon ruts still visible at its base.

Arbor Lodge State Historical Park

Nebraska City, NE

The mansion and grounds of J. Sterling Morton, who founded Arbor Day in Nebraska in 1872.

Willa Cather Childhood Home

Red Cloud, NE

The house where novelist Willa Cather grew up, the prairie town she wrote into her books.

Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park

North Platte, NE

Scout's Rest Ranch, William F. Cody's 1886 home near where he staged the "Old Glory Blowout" of 1882.

Boys Town

Boys Town, NE

The village Father Edward Flanagan founded in 1917 for homeless boys, a National Historic Landmark with its own post office.

Great Platte River Road Archway

Kearney, NE

A museum built over Interstate 80 telling the story of the trails, rails and roads along the Platte.