Nebraska
From the Wyoming line down the Platte to the Missouri bluffs — Chimney Rock and Scotts Bluff on the emigrant road, the grass-held dunes of the Sandhills over the High Plains Aquifer, Fort Robinson, where Crazy Horse was killed in 1877, the Omaha courtroom where Standing Bear was ruled a person, the Pawnee homeland the government emptied in 1875, and the homelands of the Umóⁿhoⁿ, Ho-Chunk, Ponca and Santee Dakota nations.
All of Nebraska, One Map
Tap any dot to discover what makes a place worth the stop.
Plan a Trip
Day-by-day plans — real drive times, honest overnights, and the permit fine print sorted before you leave.
Scenic Drives
The roads themselves — traced end to end, with the stops worth making along the way.
NE-12: The Outlaw Trail, Valentine to Ponca
About 226 miles on NE-12 along Nebraska's north edge from Valentine to Ponca: Fort Niobrara and Smith Falls, Springview, the Ponca museum, a river town moved twice, the Santee reservation and the bluffs at Ponca State Park.
NE-2: The Sandhills Journey, Grand Island to Alliance
About 277 miles on NE-2 from Grand Island to Alliance: the Stuhr Museum, Butcher's homesteader photographs at Broken Bow, the Middle Loup, the planted forest at Halsey, the Spade's town and the potash ruins at Antioch.
US-26: The North Platte Valley, Ogallala to Scotts Bluff
About 148 miles up the North Platte from Ogallala to the Wyoming line: Ash Hollow, the Mormon landmarks past Lisco, Chimney Rock, Scotts Bluff and the Wildcat Hills, the Interstate Canal's fields and the Horse Creek council ground.
Regions of Nebraska
Each region gathers the parks, towns, drives, and roadside stops that define one corner of the state.
Lincoln & the Southeast
The 400-foot capitol in Lincoln, Freeman's 1863 homestead claim, Rock Creek Station, Arbor Lodge, and carvings on the sandstone above the Missouri at Indian Cave.
North Platte & the Great Platte River Road
Buffalo Bill's Scout's Rest, Bailey Yard from the Golden Spike Tower, Fort Kearny, a million cranes at Rowe, Stuhr's railroad town and the Genoa boarding school.
Omaha & the Lower Missouri
Union Station's Art Deco hall, Bodmer's Missouri River watercolors, the Malcolm X birthsite, Winter Quarters, Fort Atkinson's 1820 post and SAC's bombers.
Pine Ridge & the Northwest
Fort Robinson and the Red Cloud Agency, Toadstool's badlands, Agate Fossil Beds and Red Cloud's gifts, the Museum of the Fur Trade, and Carhenge.
Scotts Bluff & the Panhandle
Chimney Rock, Scotts Bluff and Mitchell Pass, Ash Hollow and the 1855 Blue Water massacre site, the Wildcat Hills, and Panorama Point in a bison pasture.
The Missouri & the Northeast
Ashfall's ash-buried rhinos, the Neligh flour mill, the Ponca museum and bison near Niobrara, and the free-running Missouri below Ponca State Park.
The Republican Valley & the Southwest
Massacre Canyon above the Republican, George Norris's McCook house, Harlan County Lake, and Willa Cather's Red Cloud with its unplowed prairie.
The Sandhills
Grass-held dunes, Smith Falls on the Niobrara, Fort Niobrara's bison, the hand-planted forest at Halsey, Fort Hartsuff and a straw-bale church at Arthur.
Stories from Nebraska
The histories behind the places — the people, the disasters, the inventions, and the long memory of the land.
Historical Markers
Roadside history, plaque by plaque — every marker in Nebraska, grouped by county and searchable.
Markers of Nebraska
Browse every historical marker across Nebraska — organized by county, each with its full plaque text.