We all know that drilling for oil has made the U.S. energy-independent, but so much goes into drilling that the process and the terms are like a foreign language to...

When we start exploring a new area, I like to have a bird’s eye view of what we’ll be seeing. In this post we’ll be looking primarily at Fort Union...

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...