Omaha and the Ski Lift

Omaha and the Ski Lift

Well known as the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich, the TV dinner and butter brickle ice cream, Omaha is less known as the birthplace of the ski lift. The inventor, James Curran, worked as an ironworker for Paxton & Vierling Iron Works while taking night classes....
Dundee’s Dodge Street Subway

Dundee’s Dodge Street Subway

Omaha doesn’t have an underground rail system, but it does have a subway. The Dodge Street Subway in Dundee—built in 1934 by the Public Works Administration—remains the city’s only pedestrian underpass and was the second tunnel constructed beneath what was once a...