Category Archives: Places to Go

We drove the Scenic Loop Drive around the South Unit of the park in the morning. I was in the back seat and concentrating on looking for stuff, so I was never very sure of where we were. Some of … Continue reading →

I set my alarm for early Saturday morning and set forth to explore Medora. I was the only one. I could have lit a bonfire in the middle of an intersection and nobody would have noticed. Here’s our hotel. Here’s … Continue reading →

On Friday evening, we headed a short distance outside Medora to the Pitchfork Steak Fondue. As we arrived, we saw the cooks putting the steaks onto the pitchforks. I didn’t see them cook the steaks because we were on the … Continue reading →

Theodore Roosevelt visited the North Dakota badlands in 1883 and began a cattle ranch called the Maltese Cross with two other men, about seven miles south of Medora. He soon moved to another site, called the Elkhorn Ranch, about 35 … Continue reading →

From the brochure: The Geese in Flight sculpture was raised in June, 2001 and is in the Guinness World Book of Records as the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world. It was built of used oil well pipe and … Continue reading →