Tim Reeder

That long stone retaining wall along Dodge Street has always caught my eye. Most people drive past it without a second thought, but I had a feeling it was hiding something worth knowing.

After digging through archival photos and old newspaper clippings from 1929, I finally found my answer. The site at 3160 Dodge Street was once Dodge Terrace, a premier luxury apartment complex built right in the heart of Omaha's most prestigious neighborhood, surrounded by the grand estates and mansions that defined this stretch of the city.

The building has been gone for decades. But that original stone wall? Still standing. Still marking the boundary of something that mattered.

What's wild is that this exact corridor is now the center of Omaha's new streetcar development. History has a way of circling back. The density and walkable urban housing that Dodge Terrace represented over 90 years ago is exactly what this part of the city is reaching for again.

Omaha's past has a lot to teach us about where we're headed. You just have to know where to look.

17 locations. Free. And honestly, one of the coolest things happening in Omaha right now.

Preserve Omaha has partnered with the Joslyn Castle Arts District to bring you a self-guided walking tour packed with history, architecture, and stories this neighborhood has been holding onto for over a century.

We're talking Joslyn Castle, St. Barnabas, Duchesne, and a collection of historic homes that I'm genuinely excited for you to see up close.

Click the link below for the guide and go explore. Trust me, this one is worth your afternoon.

https://dcgis.org/portal/apps/storymaps/stories/c2399c744291471ebad31d33d559d02e

Every time I drive down Cass Street, I think about the man behind the name.

General Lewis Cass was a politician, statesman, and military officer who packed more into one career than most people could imagine. He governed the Michigan Territory for 18 years, served as Andrew Jackson's Secretary of War, was a U.S. diplomat, a U.S. Senator, and finished as President Buchanan's Secretary of State.

That's the name on one of Omaha's oldest streets, running right through some of my favorite historic neighborhoods.

I love this stuff. The homes along Cass Street have been here long enough to remember when this was all new, when the city was still figuring out who it was going to be. And they named the street after a man who helped shape an entire era of American history.

Next time you're driving through, look around. The history is everywhere if you know where to look.

I don't normally share videos about homes that are already under contract, but I'm just too proud of this one to keep it to myself.

614 North 47th Street in Dundee. Cute as a button, and my friend Carla Okrina and I had the best time staging it. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one-car garage, and sitting right in the heart of downtown Dundee, walkable to everything you love about this neighborhood.

We sold it faster than we could even get the sign in the yard. And honestly? That tells you everything about what good staging and a great home can do together.

I'm really excited to keep sharing homes like this one, because they deserve to be celebrated even after they're gone. This is exactly the kind of character and charm I'm madly in love with in Dundee.

I've got an interesting one for you: Jaynes Street.

Located around the 5500 block north of Dodge Street, this street is named after Henry Jaynes, a land developer and railroad president around 1900. But the story doesn't stop there.

Henry Jaynes' daughter married a man named William Fonda. They had a son named Henry Fonda... Henry Jaynes Fonda. And his daughter? Famously known as Jane Fonda.

One of my followers actually pointed me toward this one, because she knew the history before I did. And that's one of my favorite things about sharing Omaha's stories: sometimes the community teaches me just as much as the research does.

This name goes quite a long way in Omaha.

6129 Florence Boulevard. This house is a dream.

Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a two-car garage, a third of an acre, beautiful brick exterior, and a port cochere. I'm in love with this one. The kitchen, the formal dining room with built-in cabinetry, that sunroom with the yellow brick walls... they just don't build them like this anymore.

I'm holding this home open tomorrow, Saturday, from 12:30 to 2:30 PM. Come walk through it with me. 6129 Florence Boulevard, Omaha. I'm really excited to show you this one.

Nine fireplaces. A third-floor ballroom. And a history that spans over a century of Omaha-area life.

234 West 10th Street in Fremont, Nebraska was built in 1887 for businessman and politician R.B. Schneider, and it has been refusing to be ordinary ever since. Classical Revival and Queen Anne architecture colliding in the best possible way, with original woodwork, leaded glass, and details that stop you mid-sentence.

Over 6,600 square feet, six bedrooms (four en suites), and a carriage house turned four to six car garage. On the National Register of Historic Places since 1982.

I'm madly in love with this one, and I think you need to see it in person.

Open House this Saturday, August 1st from 12 to 2 PM. Come find me there.

Standing on Decatur Street and I have to be honest... I'm not sure this guy deserved the honor.

Stephen Decatur was described in history books as eccentric and mysterious. He lived among the Native Americans here in Omaha, ran a business that failed, then packed up and fled to Colorado, leaving his Omaha family behind. Once he got there, he changed his last name to Dross.

But here's where it gets really interesting. It turns out he may have done the exact same thing in Pennsylvania. A whole other family, left behind.

So I'm standing here looking at this street sign thinking... why did Omaha name a street after this guy? I genuinely don't know. But his story is wild, and that's exactly what makes Omaha's history so fascinating to me. The people woven into this city's streets aren't always heroes. Sometimes they're just really interesting characters.

And I am absolutely here for it.

I am madly in love with this one.

6129 Florence Boulevard. 111 years old. Sitting on 1/3 of an acre on a street once known as Omaha's prettiest mile. And it has a porte-cochère. You already know how I feel about those.

Inside, this classic brick four-square is everything an old home lover dreams about. Original crown molding, picture rails, extraordinary woodwork, hardwood floors throughout, a modern kitchen, built-in cabinetry in the office, and not one but TWO sunrooms. The walk-up third floor is just waiting for your vision, and the basement is a wide open, clean slate.

But here's the part that stopped me in my tracks.

This home was once part of Omaha's secret moonshine underground during Prohibition, with a tunnel running right to it. I am not even kidding. More on that story very soon.

This weekend, Blue Moon Estate Sales is hosting a sale here Saturday and Sunday. Click the link below for hours and details. You are really going to want to see this one in person.

A railroad fortune, a Kimball-designed mansion, and a radiology professor who changed how armies treated wounds in World War II.

This house on its own is stunning. But it's the people who lived here that make it absolutely extraordinary.

And now? It's for sale. Your story could be the next one told within these walls.

1909 to now, and this home is ready for its next chapter. I'm madly in love with this one, and I'd really love to help you find out if it's yours.