LOCAL LORE
History, architecture, and the untold stories of the Cornhusker State.
🏛️ Capitol Series
Inscriptions, facades, and hidden details
👻 Dark Legends
Ghost stories, cold cases & state quirks
🛒 Shop the Capitol Prints
Art Deco digital downloads — instant checkout
CURIOSITY & LEGENDS
The Full Facade
WISDOM · JUSTICE · POWER · MERCY — four colossal guardians watch over Nebraska's Capitol. At the top: The Sower, 19 feet of bronze casting seeds since 1930.
The Salvation Entrance
"The Salvation of the State is Watchfulness in the Citizen" — carved above the Capitol entrance. A gold relief of Nebraska's agricultural pioneers stands above it.
The Lancaster Secret
Hidden in gold above the word LANCASTER: a Continental Congress scene and "I wish sir to repeal Boston Port Bill." America's founding, carved into a Great Plains building.