Vegetarian Vegetable by Andy Warhol, Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln

Lincoln
For something a little different, try The National Museum of Roller Skating, which holds the world's largest collection of roller skates and memorabilia depicting the sport and industry from its past to the present. Interactive exhibits include "How to Build a Roller Skate" and the "Evolution of the Wheel." Other exhibits include: "Inline Skates," "Roller Derby," "Roller Funnies" and many others. www.rollerskatingmuseum.com

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery features one of the nation's finest collections of 20th century American art, including paintings, sculpture, graphics, photography and decorative arts. Special temporary exhibitions are shown as well as the permanent collections. Sheldon's 5-acre Sculpture Garden displays more than 30 key examples of sculpture by artists of international reputation. sheldon.unl.edu

The University of Nebraska State Museum, a natural history museum, is the world's premier collection of fossil elephants, interactive paleontology and wildlife exhibits. It has many American Indian exhibits, wildlife dioramas a planetarium and much more. www-museum.unl.edu

Omaha
The world-famous Henry Doorly Zoo features the world's largest indoor rain forest, North America's largest big cat complex, the giant walk-through salt water aquarium and IMAX theater. It's been named the nation's #1 family attraction by Disney's FamilyFun magazine for good reason. www.omahazoo.com

The Joslyn Art Museum is renowned for its Western American Collection and is Nebraska's largest and most distinguished art museum. It houses an extensive collection of paintings and sculpture from antiquity to the present, with a special emphasis on pieces from the 19th and 20th century, Europe and America. The museum also houses the extensive Bodmer collection of American West. www.joslyn.org