Possibly still the most venerable symbol of total power. I was here in May or June of 1989, and the palace was closed, so only was able to explore the…
Yes, of course it’s corn. It covers Iowa from Missouri to Minnesota. Which is where we ended up last night, at a rest stop in the southwest corner of Minnesota.…
Billings, Montana should be a hardworking petroleum-and-cattle town. There were gun shops, old west casinos, auto services, the oil refinery (we’d started passing oil wells near the state line), and…
