The Kennard House
by Ed Zimmer The oldest home in Lincoln, Nebraska stands just down the street from the southeast corner of the Nebraska State Capitol grounds, at 1627 H Street. In front of the handsome Italianate style...
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Lincoln is Top Place to Live, Work, and Play
by Diane Gonzolas Visitors flocked to the Capital City for two historic events in 2017—the total solar eclipse and the 150th anniversary of Nebraska. In fact, Lonely Planet, the world’s largest travel guide publisher, ranked...
Relax at Lincoln’s Hotels
by Judy Shutts Lincoln Offers an array of hotels to fit every budget and taste. New Graduate Lincoln is “Throwback Modern” Graduate Lincoln is a hotel like no other. A Johnny Carson curtain is a...
Quilt Museum Celebrates Ten Years in Lincoln
Since opening its doors in 2008, the International Quilt Study Center & Museum has welcomed more than 100,000 visitors from around the world to Quilt House. Located on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus, the...
A Step Forward for Solar in the Star City
LES putting clean power at customers’ fingertips through Virtual Net Metering, paperless billing programs. It’s no surprise that with Lincoln Electric System’s Community Solar Facility opening last year, the area’s electric utility is shedding more...
A “Leap” of Faith in Lincoln’s Environmental Future
By Frank Uhlarik In July of 2017, Mayor Chris Beutler released a draft of the “Lincoln Environmental Action Plan” or LEAP. The first formalized plan of its kind for Lincoln, the LEAP details our historic...
The Long Road to a Landmark
by Ed Zimmer Nebraska’s beautiful State Capitol took a decade to build (1922-1932) and an expenditure of ten million Depression-era tax dollars. More than that, it took three tries to design and construct the landmark...
Small and Amazing Museums
by Julie Nichols Lincoln has a collection of fascinating small museums. Each one is worth a surprisingly entertaining visit—whether or not you thought you were interested in their narrow but deep subjects. National Museum of...
Downtown Lincoln
by Charlyne Berens Like a healthy plant, reaching out to enhance a larger and larger area, Lincoln’s downtown continues to grow. Thanks to ongoing renovations and new construction, the “downtown” now starts at the Haymarket on the...
Home in The Bottoms
by Ed Zimmer Two Lincoln neighborhoods near Downtown share related names and heritages—the North Bottoms immediately north of UNL’s Memorial Stadium, and the South Bottoms adjacent to Downtown to the west and southwest. The...
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