The River Inn Resort is a bed and breakfast that floats — 18 art-deco-inspired staterooms on the Missouri River at Brownville, each with a private deck for watching the water go by. Breakfast is included and serious: eggs, bacon, sausage, and blueberry muffins guests write home about.
Brownville (population around 140) is one of Nebraska’s great day-trip towns: seven historic museums, the Brownville Village Theatre in a century-old church, Whiskey Run Creek Winery’s deck, and the Captain Meriwether Lewis dredge. Hosts Marty and Lisa are the town’s unofficial concierges — ask them anything.
Book a river-view room, visit in summer when the town is fully awake, and keep an eye out for bald eagles from the top deck.