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Medal of Honor recipient General Bud Day: A Siouxland hero

George Everette "Bud" Day's 13-foot-tall bronze sculpture greets guests at the Sioux Gateway Airport/Brigadier General Bud Day Field entrance. Who…

4 months ago

Sergeant Floyd in Siouxland: Lewis and Clark’s sole fatality

A 100-foot-high sandstone obelisk perched on a Siouxland bluff honors Sergeant Charles Floyd, the only member of the Corps of…

5 months ago

The Floyd of Rosedale football trophy’s intriguing story

Floyd of Rosedale, a giant stylized pig, stands guard at the Rosedale Rapids Aquatic Center in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The…

6 months ago

Stay in luxury at the Union Club Hotel at Purdue

The first priority of a hotel guest at check-in is parking, next the room, and then the overall experience. Is…

7 months ago

10 top-rated things to do in Lafayette, Indiana

Purdue University is the hottest thing for the Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, metropolitan area. Purdue's 35,000 undergraduate students help make it…

7 months ago

Tour the Tippecanoe Battlefield Park in Indiana

The Tippecanoe Battlefield Park enshrines a 96-acre park with an outsized impact on American history. Shawnee statesman Tecumseh tried to…

8 months ago

Tour the Fort Riley Museums, a window to Army history

Enter the world of the horse-mounted soldiers, the Big Red One, and experience early Kansas history in the four Fort…

8 months ago

Visit the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia

You have entered a time warp. An American soldier is waist-deep in the English Channel, holding his rifle above his…

10 months ago

19 best things to do in Cut Bank, Montana

Prepare to shiver in the winter because Cut Bank, Montana, is often the Lower 48's coldest spot. Some places might try to…

10 months ago

29 best things to do in Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg is known as the Key City because of its strategic location during the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln…

11 months ago