I now live in New Orleans, but was raised in rural Nebraska. Growing up, my family took me on short excursions to great destinations around the state. Here's some of the cool places we saw.
Nebraska
Nebraska Paleontology
”...it is estimated that the remains of ten mammoths lie buried in an average square mile of Nebraska landscape.” —Statefossils.com
Visit Elephant Hall inside the University of Nebraska State Museum and see the 15 ton, 14 foot high mammoth discovered in 1922, buried beneath the surface of the vast Nebraska plains.
Visit Elephant Hall inside the University of Nebraska State Museum and see the 15 ton, 14 foot high mammoth discovered in 1922, buried beneath the surface of the vast Nebraska plains.
“About 19-20 million years ago a drought occurred in the plains of western Nebraska. Deprived of food, hundreds of animals died around a few shallow waterholes. Over time the skeletons were buried under silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash, carried by the wind and reworked by streams. A large fossilized waterhole with hundreds of skeletons is preserved today in the Niobrara River valley at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.” —National Park Service, US Department of the Interior
Agate Fossil Bed Nat’l MonumentAgate Fossil Bed National Monument, Nebraska
I regret to say that I’ve never spent the night inside the Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge, a carefully researched re-creation of a Plains Indian dwelling. I have taken guided tours of the lodge and surrounding grounds, and canoed on the gentle river that flows by. Spending the night in the lodge, however, is a goal of mine, as well as dining on the buffalo stew owners Les and Jan Hosick provide their overnight guests. I hope to do it soon.
The Plains Indians called it “Me a pa te,” meaning” hill that is hard to go around. It later became a landmark to fur traders and the emigrants who followed the Oregon Trail westward. Today it is a great place for hiking, birdwatching, sightseeing and envisioning the layers of this region’s past. It’s a beautiful, soulful place to visit. I hope you check it out.
This bizare replica of Stonehenge was built in 1987 as a memorial to the artist’s father. Visit it on a Summer Solstice for the “Stone Soup Supper.” No admission will be charged, but please bring your own chair and something to add to the soup.
Mystic Carhenge
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