The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is set to open in July 2026 outside Medora, North Dakota. Photograph by Image Professionals GmbH, Alamy Stock Photo Theodore Roosevelt first traveled to the ...

Located in the heart of the North Dakota Badlands, Medora is a quirky little town with a population of just 181—but don’t let its size fool you. This unassuming place played a pivotal role in shaping ...

THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK, N.D. -- "I never would have been president," declared the nation's 26th commander-in-chief in 1910, "if it had not been for my experiences in North Dakota." And ...

BILLINGS COUNTY, N.D. — When it comes to building a bridge, there are two obvious necessities: people and equipment. If that bridge is in the western North Dakota Badlands, a crew of pack mules can ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — A new tribal national park in North Dakota's rugged Badlands is opening a little-seen area of the dramatic landscape to hikers and other outdoors enthusiasts, part of a Native ...

BISMARCK — After a decisive public contest, North Dakota has a state icon. The State Department of Commerce unveiled the icon Thursday, May 1. It features a sunset, the Badlands and green landscape ...

Theodore Roosevelt first traveled to the Badlands on a hunting trip in 1883. He was so taken by the otherworldly landscape of pastel buttes, trilling meadowlarks, and disappearing bison, that he ...