Nebraska Passport: 5 months, 10 tours, 80 stops

Nebraska is inviting people to explore the state’s beautiful and unique attractions and pick up some prizes along the way. The Nebraska Passport program is designed to be fun and simple for participants. The program encourages travelers to explore Nebraska, collect stamps from participating attractions and earn great prizes. In the quest to collect stamps and prizes, travelers find the real rewards are taking the scenic route and discovering new adventures. New this year are special-interest tours featuring top picks from past travelers, art galleries, craft breweries and literary stops, and prizes from Nebraska Lottery. The 2013 Passport will feature 80 attractions on 10 themed tours: Hit the Hot Spots, Meet the Locals, Picture the Scene, Play Outside, Savor the Flavor, Seeing Is Believing, Sleep Tight, Tap Into It, Turn the Page and Wrangle the West. Travelers have from May through September to visit attractions and redeem their stamps for prizes, which include T-shirts, $1 Nebraska Lottery Scratch coupons and digital cameras. A grand-prize drawing for an iPad mini will be held in October. This year, an additional drawing for 300 $1 Nebraska Lottery Scratch tickets will be held for participants 19 and older. Passports will be available at participating stops beginning in May or can be pre-ordered by emailing [email protected]. Hit the Hot Spots Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure, Nebraska City Petrified Wood and Art Gallery, Ogallala Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island Master's Hand Candle Company and Serendipity Chocolate Factory, Tekamah Fort Robinson State Park, Crawford Sandhills Motel & Glidden Canoe Rental, Mullen NEBRASKAland Days, North Platte The Green Lantern Steakhouse and Lounge, Decatur Meet the Locals Ricky and Lucy's Country Greenhouse, Sidney Prairie Grounds Café and Gifts, Broken Bow GROW Nebraska Buy It Local Store, Grand Island Back Alley Bakery, Hastings Prairie Point Junction Quilt Shop, Cozad Lakota Hope Center/Lightshine Thrift Store and Lakota Art Institute, Whiteclay It's All About Bees, Ralston Classic Car Collection, Kearney Picture the Scene Springfield Artworks, Springfield Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln Thedford Art Gallery, Thedford Woodland Trails Art and Learning Center, Winnebago West Nebraska Arts Center, Scottsbluff Norfolk Arts Center, Norfolk Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City The Art and Gift Gallery, North Platte Play Outside Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, Denton Nebraska National Forest (Bessey Ranger District/Bessey Nursery), Halsey Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, Valentine Crane Trust Nature & Visitor Center, Wood River Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue Sunken Gardens & Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Lincoln Kimmel Orchard & Vineyard, Nebraska City Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Harrison Savor the Flavor Pour House Tasting Room, Friend Lakehouse Bar & Grill, North Platte Ozzie & Jan's Famous Lee's Chicken, Lincoln R.F. Goeke Variety Store and Soda Fountain, Atkinson Range Café & Bassett Lodge, Bassett The Rocket Inn, Indianola BeeHaven Farm Roadside Market, Harrisburg Barnstormers, Norfolk Seeing Is Believing General Crook House at Fort Omaha, Omaha Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park, Burwell Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Bayard Lincoln County Historical Museum, North Platte Boys Town, Boys Town International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln Knight Museum and Sandhills Center, Alliance Mayhew Cabin with John Brown's Cave, Nebraska City Sleep Tight Crystal Key Inn Bed & Breakfast, Newman Grove Historic Argo Hotel & Steakhouse, Crofton Whispering Pines Bed and Breakfast, Nebraska City Two Rivers State Recreation Area, Waterloo Calamus Outfitters, Burwell Arrow Hotel & Suites, Broken Bow Inner Maker Bed & Breakfast, Art & Books, Seward The Balcony House Bed & Breakfast, Imperial Tap Into It Loop Brewing Company, McCook Thunderhead Brewing Company, Kearney Lucky Bucket Brewing Company, La Vista SchillingBridge Winery & Microbrewery, Pawnee City Nebraska Brewing Company, Papillion Soaring Wings Vineyard and Brewery, Springfield Zipline Brewing Company, Lincoln Blue Blood Brewing Company, Lincoln Turn the Page Bess Streeter Aldrich House and Museum, Elmwood Willa Cather State Historic Site/Red Cloud Opera House, Red Cloud John G. Neihardt State Historic Site, Bancroft Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, Chadron Wright Morris Walking/Driving Tour, Central City Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors & Loren Eiseley Exhibit at Bennett Martin Library, Lincoln The Lyceum Café and Bookstore, Brownville The Sisters Grimm, Bushnell Wrangle the West Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln Glur's Tavern, Columbus High Plains Homestead, Home of the Drifter Cookshack and Bunkhouse, Crawford Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park, North Platte Museum of the Fur Trade, Chadron Morgan's Store, Ellsworth Strawbale Church, Arthur Arthur Bowring Sandhills Ranch State Historical Park, Merriman