Editing Gothenburg, Nebraska (section)

==Points of interest==
[[File:Gothenburg NE House.JPG|thumb|[[Ernest A. Calling House]] at 1514 Lake Avenue is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]]]
[[File:Gothenburg NE Library.JPG|thumb|Carnegie Public Library at 1104 Lake Avenue is also listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]]]
* The [[Pony Express Trail]] runs through Gothenburg. There are two original Pony Express Stations in Gothenburg. In 1931, a station located on the Upper 96 Ranch, four miles east of [[Fort McPherson, Nebraska|Fort McPherson]] in [[Lincoln County, Nebraska|Lincoln County]], was donated to the city. The station was moved to Ehmen Park in central Gothenburg.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/archive/poex/hrs/hrs5a.htm "Division Two: Stations Between Fort Kearney and Horseshoe Creek".]  [http://www.nps.gov/archive/poex/hrs/hrst.htm NPS: Pony Express Historic Resource Study.]  Retrieved 2010-07-18.</ref>  A second station, [[Midway Stage Station]], is still in its original location, on the Lower 96 Ranch four miles south of Gothenburg; it is open to the public on a limited basis.
* The [[Dissected Loess Plains]], an unusual geological and ecological feature that has been granted status as a [[National Natural Landmark]], is waymarked in Gothenburg.  
* Swedish Crosses Cemetery, a cemetery where [[wrought iron]] crosses mark the graves of three children of Swedish immigrants, is located two miles north and two miles west of Gothenburg. A Nebraska Historical Marker was dedicated in August 1991.
* The Gothenburg Historical Museum, organized in 1980, contains many historical artifacts from the Dawson County area.
*The Sod House Museum was established in Gothenburg in 1988. The museum stands next to a full-scale replica of an authentic [[sod house]], together with a barn, windmills and life-sized barbed wire sculptures.