Did you know that Elephant Hall, a museum in Lincoln, displays the largest collection on elephant skeletons in the world? Hence, the name. The largest and the rarest fossils of mammoths and elephants ever discovered can be found in the museum!
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#1 thing to do: Maxwell Arboretum
#2 thing to do: Pioneers Park Nature Center
#3 thing to do: Sunken Gardens (Nebraska)
Fun fact: Did you know that Lincoln used to be called Lancaster? Well, after Nebraska officially joined the Union on March 1, 1867, it was made the capital of the state and renamed Lincoln in honor of the recently assassinated president, Abraham Lincoln.
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