As we’ve mentioned earlier, history follows geology, which eventually means rivers. In the northwest corner of ND where the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers meet, trade happened early with those living...

Once the automobile came to North Dakota, life changed forever. This post finishes off our time at the museum that covers the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. At...

After deciding we needed to start home early, we planned out the return trip, starting at a newer national park. Theodore Roosevelt National Park lies in western North Dakota, where...

In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt because our 26th President and one of our greatest conservationists. When he was here in the ND badlands in 1883, he came to hunt bison. By...

A few miles east of the South Unit’s visitors center and the town of Medora is a 3rd visitors center for the park: Painted Canyon. This area is on the...