Boasting one of the most comprehensive collections of farm tractors, farm machinery, historic trucks and vintage cars anywhere, the privately owned Pioneer Village in Minden, Neb. provides a fascinating glimpse into early America. With 28 separate buildings spread over a 20-acre site, the museum’s collection includes more than 50,000 objects. Among the buildings are an original Pony Express station, an early log cabin, and a replica general store once known as a “soddy.”

Exhibitions include Western landscapes by artist William Henry Jackson, Currier & Ives lithographs, a steam-powered carousel and an extensive collection of antique toys. Among the historic vehicles on display are an ox cart, a stagecoach, a horse-drawn street car, electric trolley, bicycles, aircraft, buggies and automobiles. In Kearney — the location of historic Fort Kearney — transportation enthusiasts peruse a collection of 200 restored vintage cars at Classic Car Collection, many of them examples of automobiles that once traversed America’s illustrious Lincoln Highway.