When you want to visit the Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, go during the summer season. Although the park is open 24 hours a day every day of the year, going there during the winter season ca...
Coming from the east, there is no way you will ever miss the turn going to the Wall Drug attraction located in Wall, South Dakota. There seems to be a sign every 100 feet starting 50 miles away. What ...
Where to pick strawberries in Brookings, South Dakota? Just a couple of miles east from the center of Brookings, South Dakota, is a strawberry farm. I forgot the name of the farm, but it is so easy to...
I spent a week visiting a number of museums in the Washington, D.C. area. To highlight my trip to D.C., I am posting a series of “What’s Inside” posts. Here is one from my visit to t...
The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is a living plant museum and considered as the oldest botanic garden in North America. It was established by the U.S. Congress in 1820. So what’s inside t...
Did you ever care to read the quotes written on the ceiling of the U.S. Library of Congress? They are everywhere, especially on the 2nd floor. In my recent visit to the building, I took pictures of th...
As much as I hated the worst winters in Brookings, South Dakota, I also loved the times when snow covered the trees and everything in town had turned into a magical winter wonderland. These photos wou...
“Que Lindo” was how my friends and I described the scenes at the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. “Que Lindo!” We kept on saying it. Many times. In each turn of the curv...