Best places: Historic sites in Council Bluffs, United States

👍👍 My partner and I love the Haymarket! It's always a fun place to visit. The farmers market is a blast. It is home to several of our favorite restaurants and dessert places. Highly recommend!!

👍👍 Beautiful, haunting, peaceful and somber. The full story of how the depiction of the Angel came to be can be found online from the Omaha Herald. I’m not one for spooky stories (I’m still damaged by The Blair Witch Project) so I choose to think on The One who offers to truly quench our thirst. (John...

Completed in 1932, this state capitol features a 400-ft. domed limestone tower & courtyards.

👍👍 Our visit was wonderful, very educational and enlightening. The docent, Shamika Simpson, was very well versed on Malcolm X and his place in our history, and I found her presentation very straightforward, well informed and delightfully candid. I was shocked to learn that this native son of Nebraska w...

Opened in 1977, this presidential memorial offers rose gardens, paths & a Gerald Ford exhibit kiosk.

👍👍 We parked by the steamboat, and walked the Grassland loop trail - nice short walk with our dog. We saw an eagle here!. It was mildly muddy by no problem. Nice view of the proximity of the steamboat site to the old river bed while the trees are bare.

Landmark military facility featuring preserved 19th-century structures, including a house museum.

👍👍 My family & I visited the Hitchcock House & Lewis this past weekend. The ladies were very welcoming. Margaret, the tour guide was very thorough and the tour was about an hour long. I got emotional just hearing the stories of what the slaves had to endure on their journey to freedom & those that help...

👍👍 Beautiful acre of prairie lands about 9 miles from the Capitol building of Lincoln, Ne. It is a research plot for the University of Nebraska -Lincoln to study ecology and other environmental-studies. The area is well kept and out near a military training base. I appreciate the signs marking how lon...