Drive One of These 3 Spectacular Backyard Winter Road Trips

Stay warm while you are on a winter road trip Yeah, I don’t want to freeze my face in negative temperatures, either – and especially not if the wind is blowing. Yikes! So, let’s consider a warm winter road trip. Last week I shared how you can visit bison in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.  This week, we suggest staying warm on one of these road trips in the Badlands. Believe it or not, it…

5 Random Curious Facts about North Dakota Turkeys

Turkeys are not supposed to be here…but here they are! 1. Immigrant Turkeys That’s right.  Turkeys are not supposed to be here.  North Dakota is a bit too far north of their natural historic range of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.  It was generally assumed that North Dakota’s winters limited the ability for turkeys to thrive here.  Still, someone decided we needed North Dakota turkeys. So 60…

YIKES! The Wild North Dakota Badlands earn the name “Badlands.”

6 exciting books about the Badlands: myths, and legends, lynchings, murders and killer blizzards that shaped the people of the North Dakota Badlands. 6 “must-read” exciting books about the Badlands What if you could stand on a Badlands hill and see the old stories?  Tales of the bad men who hung out here, cattle drives that ended here, easterners who punched cows here. These six books about the…

Six books explain why the ND Badlands earn the name "Badlands"

6 places to find stories, myths, and legends — from lynchings to murders to killer blizzards. Ready to get the most out of the North Dakota Badlands experience?    6 “must-read” books about the Badlands What if you could stand on a Badlands hill and see the old stories?  Tales of the bad men who hung out here, cattle drives that ended here, easterners who punched cows here. These six books are…

Yes the TR National Park is open — Take an Autumn Drive Past Wildlife

We drove through the TR National Park the other day. Just an afternoon drive. Think about That For us North Dakotans, it seems so normal to say “I drove through the National Park the other day.”  I imagine millions of Americans do not have that luxury.  North Dakota’s Own National Park All it takes is a whim, and a tank of gas. The Theodore Roosevelt National Park is right here to enjoy. North or…

2 Madmen Killed 2 Families — Mass Murders in the Wild West

Haunted Spooky Wheelock If you have a heightened sense of paranormal activity, you may be rewarded by exploring the haunted Ray/Wheelock region.  There’s something about an area of the wild west that can claim two mass murders of families in one area, a jilted lover murder, and a robbery-murder.  A deranged madman killing innocent people, even infants, tends to make spooky stories. The Start of…

You Decide. Is this spooky story true?

The spooky stories Are they true? You decide. Okay, I don’t know how to separate truth from fiction, superstition from the truth, or fable from fact.  But I still like to put my ear to the ground to hear what’s rumbling out there.  I may not agree, but I respect the history of stories. Where did they come from? This time of year, spooky stories abound.  This is one. Rock Faces So, the spooky…