Badlands National Park in South Dakota is a treasure trove of fossils. Walk in any direction and you may find a fossil bone shard or tooth or seed or even a dung beetle ball (yes, seriously). If you ...

Knowledge is power,” so the saying goes. Just how knowledgeable are you about the units of the National Park System? You may ...

I started with the National Park Service in 1972 — when there was such a movement to reduce the number of NPS employees." ...

North Dakota legislators are considering a bill that would create an advisory group to cooperate with officials at Theodore Roosevelt National ... history of the herd, which roams the park’s ...

The South Dakota Lottery has compiled a list of its biggest lotto winners from years past. From the Powerball to Dakota Cash, this list touches almost every corner of the state. Here are the nine ...

About 5 miles south of the Kona International Airport, you'll find the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park. This coastal park is a sacred area with temples, petroglyphs and native fishponds.

Welcome to Wall Drug, the quirkiest pit stop this side of the Badlands ... It’s like taking a bite out of history, only with more ketchup and a side of crispy fries. Holy crispy chicken, Batman! This ...

Meanwhile, South Dakota’s scores remained relatively flat. The state performed above the national average in fourth-grade math, as well as eighth-grade reading and math, while meeting the ...

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Noem stepped down as South Dakota’s governor following her confirmation to lead DHS and has a history of routinely ... was the first governor to deploy National Guard troops to border states ...

After almost a century of standing watch on the border, Fort Clark was deactivated on Feb. 9, 1946 and turned into, of all things, a dude ranch. Hellbent-for-leather horse soldiers must have turned ...