Family Fun
Attractions

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Arts

Sioux City Art Center

Anderson Dance Pavilion

Flight 232 Memorial

Winnebago Arts Craft and Retail Center

Cultural

Garden of the Clans Sculpture Garden

Blackbird Scenic Overlook

War Eagle Monument

Family Fun

Long Lines

Scenic Park

YMCA

Palmer Olde Tyme Candy Shop

Historic Sites

4th Street Historic District

St. John's Marker - Jackson, NE
Located on U.S. Highway 20 in front of St. Patrick's Church in Jackson, NE. The little town of St. John was one of the first towns established in Dakota County. It had a church, log school, hotel, fifty dwellings, sawmill, a gristmill, a store and two doctors.
Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center – Betty Strong Encounter Center

Sgt. Floyd Monument

Sgt. Floyd Museum

Tonwantonga

Lewis and Clark Wayside - Dakota City, NE
Located on the bluffs of the Missouri River, about 3 miles from where the expedition had their longest encampment, and about 4 miles from where they caught over 1300 fish in one day. This outlook commemorates the historic discovery and provides a breathtaking view of the beautiful Missouri River.

Southern Hills Mall Mural Exhibt

Museums

Combs School - Homer, NE
Built in 1857, this is the oldest school building in Dakota County. Each May, students and teachers from area schools hold a regular day of school, using a curriculum of the late 1800s. They come dressed, as they would have years ago, bringing their noon lunch in a dinner bucket.

Machine Museum

O'Connor House - Homer, NE
Constructed over a 10-year period from 1865-1875, the 14-room mansion was literally built on a rock and was home to Captain Cornelius O'Connor, his wife and 10 children. Stone slabs were shaved and fitted together to form the foundation and then topped with brick. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Sioux City Public Museum

Nature

Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve

Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center

Missouri River Education Center –Ponca State Park

Railroad History

Dakota City Train Depot - Dakota City, NE
A Class B Chicago Northwest Railroad depot to be renovated into a museum in 2006-2007.

Sioux City Trail Museum

Religious

Trinity Heights

Emmanuel Lutheran Church - Dakota City, NE
Built in 1860, this was the first Lutheran Church to be built in Nebraska Territory and is the oldest church building of any denomination now standing in Nebraska. Listed on the National Register of Historical Places, A Chapel of Memories.

Scenic Byways

Lewis and Clark Scenic Byway

Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway