Children's Museum of Central Nebraska Top Attraction!
With hands-on educational exhibits which explore themes of growing, living, working and creating, this is where children play to learn and adults learn to play. Interactive exhibits focus on families and groups with children up to age ten.
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California National Historic Trail Top Attraction!
National Historic Trail The California Trail carried over 250,000 gold-seekers and farmers to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1840's and 1850's, the greatest mass migration in American history.
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Sandhill Crane Migration Top Attraction!
A six week period from late February
to early April when over 80% of the
world's population of Sandhill Cranes
travel from southern wintering
grounds to the north.
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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
National Monument Agate is an internationally recognized fossil site. However, as a place, Agate is so much more. The landscape surrounding the fossil beds has been a site of change for millions of years.
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Bess Streeter Aldrich House & Museum
Historic home of author Bess Streeter Aldrich Visit the home where one of Nebraska's most beloved authors lived, worked, and raised a family from 1922-1946. The elegant prairie-style mansion was built in 1922 and is open for guided tours Weds., Thurs., Sat. & Sun. afternoons from 2:00-5:00 p.m.
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Chimney Rock National Historic Site
National Park Chimney Rock has become one of the most famous landmarks in the American West. This unique formation--the most noted on the Oregon Trail--has come to symbolize the greatest voluntary migration in the history of mankind.
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Homestead National Historical Park
National Monument of America The cry was FREE LAND!! The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman a chance to live the American dream.
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International Quilt Study Center and Muesum
International Quilt Study Center and Museum The International Quilt Study Center & Museum is located on the UNL East Campus, 33rd and Holdrege Streets, Enjoy first-class exhibitions (drawn from quilts dating from the early 1700s to present, representing more than 25 countries), experiences for all ages.
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