Nebraska

Nebraska offers many art, history, and offbeat museums in Omaha and Lincoln, including the impressive International Quilt Museum and Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum. The state also has otherworldly rock formations, including the Toadstool Geologic Park and 300-foot Chimney Rock in the town of Bayard, near the state’s western edge. And to keep it all in Great Plains perspective, head to the state’s Sandhills, a prairie atop a sand dune. It is an International Dark Sky Park and, predictably, the dark expanse here is a stunner.

Toadstool Geological Park beige rock formations beneath a blue sky.

Toadstool Geological Park, a visual highlight of this Nebraska road trip, is full of otherworldly rock formations.

Photo courtesy of Nebraska Tourism

Overview

Planning Your Trip

Use these articles, resources, and guides to plan and inspire your next trip to Nebraska.

Read Before You Go
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Resources to help plan your trip
Every spring, “craniacs” from around the world flock to Kearney, Nebraska, to see the sandhill cranes. One burgeoning birder learns what it means to fit in.
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