The 10 Best Things to Do in Nebraska City, Nebraska
While you probably already know about Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Kansas City, Kansas, did you know there's also a Nebraska City, Nebraska? Home to over 7,000 people and nestled along the curving banks of the Missouri River in southeastern part of the Cornhusker State, Nebraska City has a lot to offer for visitors who find themselves here...
Drive Between Sioux Falls and Denver: Road Trip Tips & Info
Embarking on a road trip from Sioux Falls to Denver, or returning the other way, is an adventure filled with a myriad of delightful discoveries. Spanning roughly 600 miles, this journey allows you to encounter an array of landscapes - from the rolling prairies of South Dakota to the breathtaking Rocky Mountains of Colorado...
The 10 National Parks in Nebraska: Get to Know Each One
To many people, Nebraska is flyover country – but we know better than that. While Nebraska may not have a reputation as an outdoor wonderland or historic site, it actually has both! There are 10 national parks in Nebraska, protected as part of the National Park Service (NPS). These range from stunning rock formations to sparkling waterfalls to historic trails and the still-standing homesteads along them...
The 14 Best Roadside Attractions along I-80 in the Great Plains
In my time, I've done the drive along Interstate 80 many times. I went to college in Iowa and my parents lived in Colorado; I became intimately familiar with the long, straight, flat, featureless drive through the Platte River Valley. But is it actually that featureless? It turns out...
The 23 Best Roadside Attractions in the Great Plains
There’s nothing like a good road trip, right? But even the best-planned road trip between home and a great destination (or several) can get dull at times. That’s where roadside attractions come in: they’re a great reason to stop your car, stretch your legs, and learn a bit about the history and culture of the place you’re passing through. While most people do a “fly over” of the Great Plains states...
Drive Between Fargo and Denver:
Road Trip Tips & InfoAcross the Great Plains, on any given day, you’ll see trucks carrying loads of cargo to support the communities, livestock and grain in transit, and plenty of people driving from one city to another. Are you planning such a journey, perhaps between two iconic cities like Denver, Colorado, and Fargo, North Dakota...
Drive Between Kansas City and Sioux Falls: Road Trip Tips & Info
Much of the eastern border of the Great Plains is deliniated by rivers: there's the Red River up between North Dakota and Metween, the Big Sioux River between South Dakota and Minnesota, and the Missouri River, which flows along the eastern border from Sioux City (South Dakota/Nebraska/Iowa) until Kansas City (Kansas/Missouri). As you might expect, driving the eastern border of the Great Plains is considerably more scenic than other routes might be – thanks to these rivers and the unique geologic features they have helped create...
The 11 Best Roadside Attractions Along
I-29 in the Great PlainsWhile there are some 70 primary interstate highways within the United States, only a handful of those cross the Great Plains – and even fewer are entirely within the Great Plains. One such interstate – and the longest one within the Great Plains states, is Interstate 29 (or I-29), which runs from the US/Canada border near Pembina, North Dakota to Kansas City, Missouri...
Drive Between Fargo and Omaha: Road Trip Tips & Info
When it comes to exploring the Great Plains, you probably know most of the major cities – even if you've never visited them. Two of the biggest cities along the eastern edge of the Great Plains states are Fargo, North Dakota and Omaha, Nebraska; Interstate 29 (I-29) connects them. Maybe you're planning a trip between the two and wondering what the drive from Fargo to Omaha will be like. In this post, you'll learn...
15 Spooky Haunted Places in Nebraska
Maybe it's all those movies set in rural communities surrounded by cornfields, but some of the Great Plains states have a natural advantage in the "spooky" department. Nebraska – the Cornhusker state – is one such state where the late-season stalks blowing in the wind is enough to give anyone the willies – and that's just the natural atmosphere...
