The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Nebraska
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated June 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 164 roadside attractions in Nebraska.
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1. Elephant
Cozad, NE
Life-size gray elephant, made of concrete, clearly pre-dates the Mexican restaurant now behind it.
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2. Monument: Where Brothers Were Pinned Together By An Arrow
Alda, NE
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3. Welded Steel Man
Ainsworth, NE
Buckley Steel Construction features a large welded steel man, with welder's mask and atomic mole arm.
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4. Boys in the Plastic Bubbles - Zoo's Gorilla View
Omaha, NE
With the Omaha zoo's immersive gorilla habitat, you no longer need to travel to Africa to experience what it's like to have an ape sit on your head.
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5. Tour: U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center, NE
Almost everyone who visits this place is in the livestock business -- but you, too, can get a van-only tour of the world that keeps America fed with meat.
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6. Minion Hay Bale Park Ranger (Gone)
Beatrice, NE
15 feet tall, with a single eye, friendly grin, and hay bale ranger hat. Painted. Christened "C.R. Parks" in Jan. 2016. Vain enough to have had its own Twitter hashtag.
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7. Chevyland U.S.A. (Gone)
Elm Creek, NE
It was farmer Monte Hollertz's personal collection of old vehicles. He'd lived at the museum since 1980. You could see the getaway car used in one of the deadliest bank robberies in Nebraska history.
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8. Otoe County Museum of Memories
Syracuse, NE
The only place to go if you want to see what the people of Otoe County don't want to forget, such as dead animals, arrowheads, and the old church bell.
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9. Caterpillar of Tires (Gone)
Big Springs, NE
An Alice in Wonderland caterpillar sits on a polka dot red mushroom, made from old tires by travel center mechanics. Reported gone in April 2024, but its absence may be temporary.
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10. Colorful Bronco-Buster
Gordon, NE
Statue of a cowboy with a hokey face riding a bucking bronco. Duds enhanced with colorful, metallic auto paint in 2022.
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11. Birthplace of Harold Lloyd
Burchard, NE
Harold Lloyd was a superstar during the silent movie era. See the house where he was born in 1893, ponder his special Masonic chair, watch one of his films. Birthplace sign out front.
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12. Shoe Fence
Northport, NE
The pole tops of fences along US Hwy 26 have been decorated, anonymously, for years, with inverted boots and shoes.
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13. Scrap Metal Sculpture Garden
Oconto, NE
Retired farmer Charles Horn sculptures by welding discarded metal of animals and other things he's interested in.
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14. Jet On a Pole
York, NE
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15. Climb Aboard Lewis & Clark's Boat
Nebraska City, NE
It's a full-size replica of the 55-foot-long boat used by the Lewis & Clark expedition to travel along what would eventually become eastern Nebraska.
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16. Angry Billy Bluejay
Omaha, NE
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17. Museum of the Fur Trade
Chadron, NE
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18. Pony Express Straddle Saddle
Gothenburg, NE
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19. Church made of Hay Bales
Arthur, NE
Built in 1928, the whitewashed church looks normal from the outside. But on the inside there's a display with a plexiglass-encased hay bale cross-section.
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20. Fall of Saigon, Recreated
Lexington, NE
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21. Restored 1920s Conoco Gas Station
Ainsworth, NE
No gas, but you can park at the old pumps and pretend that there is.
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22. Missile Center USA: ICBM Missile (Gone)
Kimball, NE
A Titan I nuclear missile stands in a park, honoring the hidden missiles that once lurked underground all around Kimball. The top third was blown off in a windstorm in 2009. The missile was dismantled in 2014, partially restored in 2016, then removed in 2023.
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23. 100th Meridian Monument
Cozad, NE
A small, yellowish rock pylon marks the map-makers line between the dry West and the wet East. On the old Lincoln Highway, so this monument has been around for a while.
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24. Restored Phillips 66 Gas Station
Bassett, NE
Nicely restored 1930s downtown gas station, far from the usual nostalgia-tourist routes. No gas; just a photo-op.
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25. Original Pony Express Station
Gothenburg, NE
Conveniently moved into downtown Gothenburg in 1931. Outdoor monuments and photo-ops, and interior has displays, a dummy Pony Express rider, and a gift shop.
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