Founded in June 1882, the City of McCook has long served as the economic and cultural center of southwest Nebraska. The town is home to historic gems, including a Frank Lloyd Wright House, the Museum of the High Plains, and the locally famous Mac’s Drive In!

No attraction has brought Alexandria more international attention than the Kensington Runestone. In 1898, Swedish immigrant Olof Ohman claimed to have discovered a 202-pound greywacke stone covered in ancient Nordic runes while clearing land near Kensington, Minnesota. According to Ohman, the stone was found intertwined among the roots of a tree…