Nebraska Life Magazine

On a hill near North Platte, 20 weathered grain bins and a massive barn still carry the imagination of Lori Clinch. What began with one old bin the Clinches found near Paxton became Grain Bin Antique Town, a small wooden village filled with antiques, stories and the displays Lori arranged with humor, warmth and an eye for making old things feel alive again.

Lori, who died in 2022, was a nurse, mother, humor columnist, author, bookkeeper and the heart of the business she built with her husband, Pat. Her handwriting remains on tags, her books sit near the checkout counter and some displays are still exactly as she left them – reminders that visitors come not only for the rare bins and antiques, but for the spirit she left in every room.

Read the full story in the March/April 2026 issue of Nebraska Life.

PC: Kristin Dahl, Chris Amundson

At Flyover Brewing Company in Scottsbluff, Joe and Andrea Margheim turned the phrase “flyover country” into a point of pride, building a brewery with German-style lagers and seasonal beers like CAMPAIGN!, brewed with local sugar beets during harvest.

That regional focus carries through the menu, with wood-fired pizzas and ingredients sourced across the High Plains, shaping a place grounded in local agriculture and community.

Read the full story in the March/April 2026 issue of Nebraska Life.
PC: Mackenzie Westphal

Across roughly 20,000 square miles of dunes, river valleys and wetlands, the Nebraska Sandhills remain one of North America’s most intact prairie ecosystems – and one of its least populated, with about one person per square mile.

In Secret Nebraska Sandhills: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, & Obscure, Alan J. Bartels documents overlooked history, fading towns like Mariaville and Angora and local folklore, drawing on firsthand accounts from ranchers, historians and residents.

Read the full story in the March/April 2026 issue of Nebraska Life.

PC: Alan J. Bartels