During World War II, the Glenn L. Martin Company's Bellevue, Nebraska, plant assembled aircraft for the United States' war effort. Located on the Fort Crook military post, the facility was the only building of its kind in Nebraska. The plant turned out over 2,000 B-26 and B-29 aircraft from 1942 to 1945, including the two B-29s used to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war, the plant was returned to the United States government and used for various functions on the newly christened Offutt Air Force Base. As of 2015, the building is scheduled to be demolished because of its proximity to the base's main runway, which poses a safety hazard.

The Villisca Axe Murder House that still stands today in the small town of Villisca Iowa was home to Josiah B. Moore, his wife, and their four young children. On the night of June 10, 1912, the entire family, including two young friends of the family, Lena Stillinger and Ina Stillinger, were found brutality murdered in their beds. The tragedy shocked the town of Villisca and the entire state of Iowa. To this day, over a hundred years later, the crime goes unsolved. There have been several owners of the house after the 1912. In 1994 Darwin Linn bought the property and renovated it back to the condition as it was in 1912. The Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance awarded the Moore house the "Preservation at its Best" award in the small public category, also in 1998 the Moore home was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today, tours of the home present a captivating insight into what the Moore home looked like in 1912. It includes the facts of the shocking murders and the events leading after.

The Villisca Axe Murder House that still stands today in the small town of Villisca Iowa was home to Josiah B. Moore, his wife, and their four young children. On the night of June 10, 1912, the entire family, including two young friends of the family, Lena Stillinger and Ina Stillinger, were found brutality murdered in their beds. The tragedy shocked the town of Villisca and the entire state of Iowa. To this day, over a hundred years later, the crime goes unsolved. There have been several owners of the house after the 1912. In 1994 Darwin Linn bought the property and renovated it back to the condition as it was in 1912. The Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance awarded the Moore house the "Preservation at its Best" award in the small public category, also in 1998 the Moore home was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today, tours of the home present a captivating insight into what the Moore home looked like in 1912. It includes the facts of the shocking murders and the events leading after.

A small field, in a sparsely populated state, was to become one of the most important military bases in the United States. This field was to grow into one of the strongest bases hosted by the air force in the defense of the United States. In 1918 Fort Crook, future Offutt Airfield, saw its first air division. Three years before the actual construction of the airfield, the 61st Balloon Company was assigned to the fort at the close of World War I. This is where the Balloon Company was to begin its overseas training. The company was thwarted in its expectation of further training when, the next day, November 11, the Armistice was signed and WWI came to a close. This was the beginning of Offutt’s use of aircraft. Actual construction of the airfield began mid-1921, clearing more than 260 acres of Fort Crook’s land. Later that year the first aircraft hangers were created. After WWI the United States found the necessity for aircraft in the future, and began more training at its newest airfield. In the year of 1924, the name of the entire fort was changed to Offutt Field. It was named after First Lieutenant Jarvis Offutt, who was the first Omahan casualty in World War I. He died after SE-5 British Biplane crashed in France. Offutt Airfield currently supports United States Strategic Command, which is the center for Information Warfare. It currently supports the RC-135 Rivet Joint as well as many other aircraft.

Originally the Glenwood branch of the Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home, the Iowa Asylum for Feebleminded Children was the first facility in the state of Iowa to provide care and instruction for persons with physical and mental handicaps. Officially opening on September 1, 1876, under the leadership of Dr. O.W. Archibald the facility, now called the Glenwood Resource Center, had at its height over 2,000 residents and employees living on its campus, which has grown to over 200 acres from the original fifteen. The Asylum at Glenwood has been plagued with incidents of abuse and neglect throughout its history, even holding a man, Mayo Hazeltine Buckner, for 59 years despite his having a genius level IQ of 120. In more recent years the Asylum has moved away from the dormitory style housing of the past and the residents now enjoy a more traditional family style living environment. As of 2017 the resident population of the Glenwood Resource Center numbered 230.

Laurel Hill Cemetery is a small burial ground located along 21st and Polk street, Omaha. Its eastern side borders Highway 75, Kennedy Freeway, just north of the exit to Chandler Road. The site has a wide variety of grave markers both large and small, some dating as far back as the 1800s. Among the notable burials at this cemetery are the maternal grandmothers of Peter Kiewit and Fred Astaire as well as African American settlers and Civil War veterans.

The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is one of Omaha's most notable locations, as it is one of the top zoos in the world. Its primary goals include research about animals, conservation of animals, education of people about animals, and recreation.

Incorporated in 1858, Prospect Hill is Omaha's oldest cemetery. Prospect Hill holds the remains of several people involved in the creation and growth of Omaha. Many of those names on tombstones adorn city streets, parks and buildings in Omaha as well as towns and counties throughout Nebraska. Prospect Hill is also the burial site for the Omaha Barracks, later renamed Fort Omaha. Veterans from wars as far back as the War of 1812 through the Vietnam conflict are buried here. The cemetery also has a memorial dedicated to the Spanish-American War and commemorates Nebraskans who fought and perished in that war.