Carhenge
Carhenge, Nebraska
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Move over Stonehenge, Carhenge, Nebraska’s automotive replica, has been named No. 2 wackiest attraction in America. Instead of being built of stones, it is made of cars … old cars … wrecked cars … all painted the same gray color and positioned to look a bit like Stonehenge. Naturally, it is destined not to last nearly as long as its time-honored sister in the United Kingdom, but it no doubt gets more laughs. The exhibit is free and open day and night, but they advise viewing is best in daylight.
Carhenge is located near Alliance in western Nebraska.
The great state of Nebraska is known for far more than Carhenge. The Oregon Trail went across Nebraska and it was to Nebraska the pioneers fled in the 1860s to claim homesteads on the great prairie. However, with few trees, homes had to be fashioned out of sod and it wasn’t long before these same pioneers moved farther west.
While you are there, plan to see Chimney Rock and a re-created pioneer village at Minden.
Today, Nebraska’s claim to fame lies in its inventive residents who created such things as Kool-Aid, the Vise-Grip and the Jet-Ski. The world’s largest train yard is located in North Platte. Other notables who were either born in or lived in Nebraska include Fred Astaire, Max Baer, Johnny Carson, James Coburn, “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Fr. Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, Henry Fonda, President Gerald Ford, and Malcolm X.
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by Marti Talbott
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