Brian D'Ambrosio
Spokane Bar Sapphire Mine & Gold Fever Rock Shop:...
There are barely a handful of places in the U.S. where you can mine for your own gemstones. One of them is only 10 miles east of Helena. This...
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Located on the upper Missouri River on the present-day Montana-North Dakota border, Fort Union was the nineteenth century’s most important and...
About the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Indians are in the grass in the low ground; the cavalrymen are trying to form a line where the hill starts to rise. The guns sound like cap...
Free Enterprise Radon Health Mine
Although numerous radium hot springs may be found throughout the United States, the Boulder-Basin area south of Helena is the only place in the...
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Nothing in the quiet openness of the prairies and valleys of the Crow Reservation prepares the traveler for the contrasting scale and utter...
Selected Grassroots Artists and Sites in Kansas
Paul Boyer’s Animated Carvings, Belleville The Paul Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings features the imaginative concoctions of Paul Boyer. Born in...
Harold Lloyd: Silent Film Comedian
arold Clayton Lloyd was born at 24 Pawnee Street on April 20, 1893, in Burchard, Nebraska, to Elizabeth and James “Foxy” Lloyd. It was during his...
Pete Felten: A Life of Limestone
o endure, Pete Felten has stayed true to his mission. To attain longevity didn’t mean that he had to ever re-invent himself, either. The Kansan...
Studious Sculptor: A Life of Elisabet Ney
Elisabet Ney was born in Münster, Westphalia, Germany, in 1833, and spent a great deal of her childhood watching her father carve complex statuary...
Folk Art Anarchy: Ron Lessman’s Truckhenge
Ron Lessman’s folk art perhaps warrants its own genre: art as political concern. While many other art environments amassed the anger of the local...
Grignon Mansion, Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Constructed between 1837 and 1839, the Grignon Mansion is an extant memento of Wisconsin’s pre-statehood days. Located in Kaukauna, along the Fox...
American Hindu Association Temple and Cultural Center...
With an estimated one billion followers, Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion. Rooted in the spiritual and philosophical practices of...
Chateau de Morès Historic Site
Now a prized summer tourist destination, the town of Medora, North Dakota, was established in April 1883 by an adventuresome, eccentric 24-year-old...
Charbonneau’s Chocolate Company, Stevensville, MT
Sheila Schiwal holds a job where she only deals with sunny and smiling customers. In her line of work, crotchety or grumpy folks are never present...
The Weary Traveler, Madison, WI
The atmosphere at the Weary Traveler covers a wide scope. Special occasion fun dining? Yes. A casual place to meet a few friends after work for a...
Route of the Hiawatha Bike Trail, Montana-Idaho Border
At the west end of Montana’s seemingly endless Interstate 90 awaits a special delight for bicycling enthusiasts: the Route of the Hiawatha...