Carhenge is relative new monument in Alliance, Nebraska made from a ring of regular-sized standing cars.There is also a gift shop off the parking lot with snacks, souvenirs, postcards, a penny machine, and bathrooms.Val is the founder and head road tripper at Silly America. The heel stone is represented by a 1962 Cadillac.Today, 60,000 visitors from all around the world visit Carhenge every year and the town proudly boasts that it is home the car art.But none of that mattered. The site also includes sculptures made of old cars and/or car parts. Carhenge consists of thirty-eight American-made automobiles, all painted gray, with dimensions and layout to mimic Stonehenge. J. These were a couple of key landmarks, particularly throughout the nineteenth century.Even as a youngster, he was an incredibly hard worker. And, when in Alliance, you can’t not go to Carhenge.Experimental artist Jim Reinders created the roadside attraction out of old cars in 1987, as a tribute to his late father, Herman Reinders. In 2013, nearly 1000 refugees settled in the state, which helps eighty percent of those who arrive find employment within a couple of months.Situated in western Nebraska, the Scotts Bluff Monument features on the Mormon and Oregon Trails. They have added some other car art along the path here. Jim Reinders ended up donating the 10 acres of land where the attractions sits on to the Friends of Carhenge who preserved it until 2013. Carhenge Nebraska carefully mimics the shape, proportions, and size of the original. Parking and paths. Reuben Kulakofsky, a grocer from Lithuania who lived in Omaha, reportedly invented the sandwich sometime between 1920 and 1935. Carhenge is now preserved and owned by the Friends of Carhenge. Each were meticulously placed to be accurate to the historic monument which the attraction plays homage to. Having grown up near Berwyn's famed car kabob, The Spindle, and a restaurant with a cow on its roof, her fascination with roadside attractions started early. The state attained statehood on March 1, 1867, becoming the 37 th state to join the union. His gigs included delivering The Washington Post daily, which brought in approximately $175 per month. Nebraska is the 37 th most populous and the 16 th most extensive of the 50 states of the United States.It lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. Sterling Morton introduced a state holiday in 1872, to encourage tree planting in the state. That year, they gifted it to the Citizens of Alliance who now maintain the land and the attraction.As we neared Alliance it started pouring rain and we worried that by the time we reached our destination it would be too dark and wet to enjoy the pit stop.Though not on our original itinerary, my friend and I decided to ditch I-80 and instead take the scenic route, and drive the entire length of the Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway, which spans 272 miles from Grand Island to Alliance. Carhenge, Alliance, NE. The National Forest in Nebraska is America’s biggest hand planted forest, which covers 141,159 acres (57,125 hectares) of land. Additional automobile sculptures have been added In the summer of 1987 Jim Reinders, with the help of family members, built a replica of Stonehenge just north of Alliance along Highway 87. In those days, that was more than the majority of teachers made.France and Spain both wanted control of the area now called Nebraska, which damaged relations between these countries. That’s right, this Nebraska roadside attraction is replica of Stonehenge made of cars.Silly America is a Participant In The Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, An Affiliate Advertising Program Designed To Provide A Means For Sites To Earn Advertising Fees By Advertising And Linking To Amazon.ComSo, we kept driving, an hour more, to Alliance, Nebraska. Forty-five other states had followed suit by 1920.Rather surprisingly, Nebraska is a popular place with refugees, who move to America from impoverished and war torn countries. Open year-round, daily, during daylight hours. This unique replica of the world-famous Stonehenge was constructed of old cars in 1987 by the Jim Reinders family in memory of his father during a family reunion. At a family reunion Reinders, along with thirty family members, constructed the roadside attraction out of 38 vintage American automobiles that were salvaged from nearby dumps and farms.