U.S. Strategic Command HQ — nuclear deterrence in the middle of the country. Bush landed here on 9/11. Old bunker documented by HAER; modern HQ still a national asset. (Not CENTCOM.)

Offutt AFB / USSTRATCOM →

Government Quirk · Ongoing

The Triple Landlocked State

Statewide

Nebraska is the only triple-landlocked state in the U.S. To reach any ocean, you must travel through at least three other states — or two states and a Canadian province.

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WWII History · 1945

The Dundee Bombing

Omaha, NE

A Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb exploded over Omaha's Dundee neighborhood. The military kept it secret until after the war.

Public Art · 1928

The Harvest Mosaic

Capitol Rotunda, Lincoln

Hildreth Meière's rotunda floor mosaic — classical figures, plow, cornucopia. Most visitors walk across it without looking down.

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