Omaha: steaks and Buffett's headquarters

Birthplace of Warren Buffett, who has maintained his holding's headquarters there instead of moving to New York, Omaha remains one of the United States' principal beef production centres.

The centre, historic seat of major financial companies and beef processing, is easily explored on foot.

The Old Market district, a former nineteenth-century agricultural warehouse area, today hosts galleries, restaurants and independent shops on streets still paved with original stone.

A short walk away, the Henry Doorly Zoo, among the world's largest indoor freshwater aquariums, displays ecosystems from every continent.

Continuing, you visit the Durham Museum, housed in the city's former Art Deco railway station, with vintage trains still displayed on the original tracks.

As evening approaches, a historic steakhouse in the center serves Nebraska beef steaks, a tradition that made Omaha famous throughout the United States.

Warren Buffett, among the world's most celebrated investors, has always kept his company's headquarters in Omaha rather than on Wall Street, arguing that distance from New York helps him think more clearly.

Each year, his company's annual shareholders' meeting attracts tens of thousands of investors from around the world to Omaha, in an event nicknamed 'Woodstock of capitalism.'