The best way to experience the White Mountains’ Presidential Range is hiking between the Appalachian Mountain Club’s eight historic high-mountain huts. Connecting distances aren’t ridiculous—the ...

Mitchel County’s St. Ansgar First Lutheran Church, founded in 1853 and dedicated to Scandinavia’s patron saint, the French ...

Puy de Dôme formed about 11,000 years ago when a fist of magma punched up into the rolling hills of central France. It created a volcano that spilled out lava before going dormant. As a graduate ...

It's a favorite for most and a pioneering force into what the Black Hills has become today. - Donors to the Explore South Dakota Fund support ... The Highline traveled north to its first stop ...

That elusive gold deposit supposedly remains hidden in the Black Hills. Now, Dakota Gold Corp., which has been exploring for high-quality gold ore in the Northern Hills, has found gold ...

"Agriculture is the lifeblood of South Dakota, and I know our farm and ranch communities are in good hands thanks to this next generation of agricultural leaders." ...

Tom Eiesland (right) and his son, Sam, discuss the state's proposed prison project from the kitchen of Tom's home in rural Canton, S.D., on Feb. 8, 2025. The Eieslands are part of a group that ...

“They’d be rolling over in their graves ... who were married in 1940 and lived and farmed north of Canton. For young Tom, growing up in the 1950s and '60s fostered a sense of belonging not just to one ...

Meanwhile, trouble was brewing 530 miles away in the rugged hills of north Alabama. When that state’s secession convention was called in 1861, it didn’t sit well with Winston County folks.

Weather forces in the Arctic are combining to push the chilly air that usually stays near the North Pole into the U.S. and Europe. In Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday said the severe weather ...