Football, history and art highlight St. Joseph day trip
The Kansas City Chiefs call St. Joseph home for a few weeks every summer as they prepare for the upcoming National Football League season. St. Joe has been the host […]
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Mitchell’s Corn Palace ‘rocks’ with its music theme
The “King” lives on in Mitchell, South Dakota. Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson are the headliners for the Corn Palace’s murals. Their likenesses have been created with thousands of corn […]
Nebraska Passport 2016: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
The Nebraska panhandle may be remembered historically for the pioneers passing through on the Oregon, California and Mormon Trails. But, the biggest distinction of the panhandle may actually travel back […]
Bloomington, Minnesota: Mall of America colors in some new attractions
We’ve learned over the years that no matter how many times you visit the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, you will see something new. The nation’s largest indoor shopping […]
Sioux City’s Public Museum takes interesting look at city’s history
Sioux City’s Public Museum takes an indepth look at the old stockyards. Sioux City has an interesting history. The city’s Public Museum takes a look at that history with a […]
Austin, Minnesota: SPAM Museum is all about the pork product
Growing up in Nebraska, it wasn’t uncommon to eat SPAM for lunch or dinner. When we moved to Fremont, which has a Hormel’s plant, it also wasn’t uncommon to smell […]
United Flight 232 crash is among the history Sioux City’s aviation museum shares
United Flight 232 departed Denver en route to Chicago for should have been a typical uneventful flight. About midway through the trip, the plane lost its rear engine, and soon […]
Nebraska Passport 2016: North Platte Grain Bin Antique Town
Pat and Lori Clinch used an old grain bin from the 1930s as sort of an extra room. They used the wooden structure to sit and take in the panoramic […]
Sioux City – Walkabout with art and architecture
A walk along Sioux City’s Historic Fourth Street provides an interesting look into the city’s history of architecture, as well as taking in some noteworthy artwork. The historic district […]
Chief War Eagle statue looks over three states from Sioux City
Known to non-Native Americans as Chief War Eagle, the man buried atop the bluff overlooking the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers is better known as Waŋbdí Okíčhize among the Dakota (Santee […]