However, it's a mistake to ignore North Dakota. This low-key Midwestern state ... National Park honors this legacy with over 70,000 acres of Badlands. It is one of the best U.S. national parks ...

Native Americans inhabited this land before white settlers – the word Dakota is Sioux for “friend.” Extreme Cold Forecast for Much of US in Coming Days For Now, 'Dreamers' Will Be Shut Out ...

In the background is the monument to the soldiers erected in 1909 at Whitestone Hill State ... at the location and in 1905, U.S. Rep. Thomas Marshall, a Republican from Oakes, North Dakota ...