Discover the fascinating history of Deadwood, South Dakota, from the Black Hills Gold Rush and Wild Bill Hickok to historic saloons, casinos, ghost tours, and the Days of '76 Celebration.

Founded in June 1882, the City of McCook has long served as the economic and cultural center of southwest Nebraska. The town is home to historic gems, including a Frank Lloyd Wright House, the Museum of the High Plains, and the locally famous Mac’s Drive In!

No attraction has brought Alexandria more international attention than the Kensington Runestone. In 1898, Swedish immigrant Olof Ohman claimed to have discovered a 202-pound greywacke stone covered in ancient Nordic runes while clearing land near Kensington, Minnesota. According to Ohman, the stone was found intertwined among the roots of a tree…

From Scandinavian pioneers and English colonists to railroad expansion and Viking ship construction, Hawley's story is one of perseverance, reinvention, and an enduring connection to its immigrant roots.

Today, Moorhead, Minnesota, is best known as one-half of the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area, a thriving regional hub along the Red River of the North. Yet the city's story—which includes the invention of Dairy Queen’s famous Dilly Bar—begins thousands of years before its first settlers arrived, when a massive prehistoric lake covered much of the northern Great Plains.

There are small towns, and then there is Monowi. Located in northern Nebraska near the South Dakota border, Monowi holds a distinction unlike any other community in the United States: it is the nation's smallest incorporated town.