Living Memorial Gardens adjacent to the War Memorial is a recycling project of a 1940 vintage municipal swimming pool. The project was spurred by volunteers planting trees, shrubs and other plants in a panoram of beauty. An adjoining rock garden with unique flowers inside of a rock border, form an outline of each state in the United States. Historic Downtown - Sidney has the only designated historic downtown in all of western Nebraska. Several buildings remain from the town's colorful historic past including the Gold Rush Days of the Sidney-Deadwood Trail and Fort Sidney era.
Markers depict some of the history of the downtown buildings, now dotted with several quaint shops.
Other historic sites include a Pony Express marker located just to the east of Sidney on U. S. 30. Northwest of town, several structures remain from the Sioux Army Depot ammunition manufacturing era, including 900 igloo structures. Museums are also available in the neighboring towns of Potter, Lodgepole and Dalton . Sidney has over 400 business and several growing industries. Wheat Belt Public Power District.