1. Welcome to Nebraska!
Windmill at Sunset, Valentine, Neb.
2. Where there is beauty everywhere
Grassy plains
3. And unbelievable sights await in the panhandle
Carhenge, near Alliance, Neb.
4. For you to explore
Carhenge, near Alliance, Neb.
5. Bursting from the ground
Carhenge, near Alliance, Neb.
6. And out of the past
Carhenge, near Alliance, Neb.
7. Our views will take your breath away
Platte River
8. Who says Nebraska is flat?
Chimney Rock
9. It even has its own grand canyons
Toadstool Geologic Park
10. Worthy of meditation and finding balance
Toadstool Geologic Park
11. And there are monuments of greatness, too
Great Platte River Road Archway
12. Watching the sandhill crane migration will bring you closer to nature
Sandhill Cranes at attention
13. As will watching the buffalo graze
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
14. You may even spy lovers kissing
Wildlife Safari Park in Ashland, Neb.
15. Or catch a glimpse of a stunny migrant’s wings
Dryas Julia butterfly
16. Or gaze upon this handsome face
Elk Bull at the Kreycik River View Elk & Buffalo Ranch
17. Or admire cleverness at work
Monkey at the koi pond in Henry Doorly Zoo
18. But nothing can totally prepare you for Mother Nature here
Lightning in the supercell storm
19. Who on a whim can make the Nebraska sky look like the Sistine Chapel
Clouds over Omaha
20. Who can threaten
Sunlit storm
21. Or rage
Storm preparing to unleash
22. And no one can give a cold shoulder quite like her
ice storm
23. But even that can melt your heart
24. Because even watching a storm roll through can be a thing of beauty
West Point storm
25. Almost as beautiful as the rainbow that follows
After the storm
26. And that’s just one of a thousand reasons to celebrate here
4th of July Fireworks
27. Because when the sun comes back out
Sunflower
28. And tranquility returns
Sunken Gardens, Lincoln, Neb.
29. You can’t help but admit that Nebraska has your heart
Heart rock
30. And now matter how bright the starry night, you’ll never wish you were somewhere else
Astronomical view from Snake Campground
Feature Image Source: Flickr user Tim McGrath
