I don’t have any verified homesteaders in my family tree  –  well, maybe a few  –  but it is always tempting in times like these to...

Chances are if you were to ask ten people why they travel,  you would get ten different answers.   But that’s not necessarily a bad...

Traveling with a purpose is the latest buzz-phrase in the travel business,  and I always get kind of a kick out of it,  because I can’t...

From all accounts it appears that everybody today has a bucket list,  and travel is almost certainly on it.   We even tout a few of our...

One of my earliest memories of my father was his boast that he had gone to graduate school with Martin Luther King, Jr.   In fact, Rev....

The first time I visited my future father-in-law’s study I was struck by two things:  the enticing collection of history books that...

Do you know what your curiosity quotient is?   OK, I don’t either, but the very name intrigued me when I ran across a book with that...

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, Toni Morrison, has admitted in interviews that she writes the story she would like to...

What is your job title? Are you a sales manager, vice-president, chief cook and bottle washer? Most businesses assign titles without much...

One of my ever-lasting passions is for movies which toy with the space-time continuum, or time travel. There are tons of them out there,...

I recently ran a Facebook promotion featuring Teddy Roosevelt as a “Legendary North Dakotan”.  I knew that few Americans are aware of...