History, architecture, ghost stories, and government quirks — Nebraska is more unexpected than the brochure lets on.
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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.
Source: Visit Omaha
A Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb exploded over Omaha's Dundee neighborhood. The military kept it secret until after the war.
Source: Atlas Obscura
Hildreth Meière's rotunda floor mosaic — classical figures, plow, cornucopia. Most visitors walk across it without looking down.
Local lore lives in barbershops and coffee counters. Tell us what Nebraska got wrong — or right.
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