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Children's Museum of Central Nebraska Top Attraction! 
Childrens Museum in Hastings, NE USA
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 Park in State of Nebraska, NE USA
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!
Recreation in Kearney, NE USA
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 Park in Harrison, NE USA
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
Museum in Elmwood, NE USA
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 in Bayard, NE USA
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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Harold Warp Pioneer Village
Museum in Minden, NE USA
50,000 Historic Items in 26 buildings, Motel, Campground, Over 50,000 Historic items from every field of human endeavor are displayed in the 26 buildings of the museum.
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Homestead National Historical Park
National Park in Beatrice, NE USA
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
Museum in Lincoln, NE USA
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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Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
National Park in State of Nebraska, NE USA
National Historic Trail In 1804, Meriwether Lewis & William Clark began a voyage of discovery with 45 men, a keelboat, two pirogues,and a dog. They departed from Camp Wood located in what was to become Illinois.
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Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
National Park in State of Nebraska, NE USA
National Historic Trail Led by Brigham Young, roughly 70,000 Mormons traveled along the Mormon Pioneer Trail from 1846 to 1869 in order to escape religious persecution. The general route is from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, covering about 1,300 miles.
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Niobrara National Scenic River
National Park in Valentine, NE USA
National Scenic River This 76-mile reach of the Niobrara River in northcentral Nebraska was added to the nation's Wild and Scenic River System in 1991. The river is swift and shallow over much of its length, cutting through bedrock forming riffles, rapids and waterfalls.
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Omaha Children's Museum
Childrens Museum in Omaha, NE USA
Omaha Children's Museum has been a special place where children can challenge themselves, discover how the world works and learn through play.
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Oregon National Historic Trail
National Park in State of Nebraska, NE USA
National Historic Trail As the harbinger of America's westward expansion, the Oregon Trail was the pathway to the Pacific for fur traders, gold seekers, missionaries and others.
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Pioneer Village
Historic Site in Minden, NE USA
Live demonstrations and over 50,000 historic items, arranged in chronological order, depict America's progress since 1830.
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Pony Express National Historic Trail
National Park in State of Nebraska, NE USA
National Historic Trail The Pony Express National Historic Trail was used by young men on fast paced horses to carry the nation's mail across the country, from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, in the unprecedented time of only ten days.
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Scotts Bluff National Monument
National Park in Gering, NE USA
National Monument A prominent natural landmark for emigrants on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff, Mitchell Pass and the adjacent prairie lands are set aside in a 3,000 acre national monument. This site preserves the memory of the historic Oregon, California and Mormon Trails.
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Sheridan County Fair & Rodeo
Recreation in Gordon, NE USA
Week long fair Sheridan County Fair and Rodeo held at the Fairgrounds in Gordon Nebraska on Historical Route 20.
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