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The Pipestone National Monument

Posted by Jason Hussong on Wednesday, October 14, 2009,
This admirable hill awaits the poet and the painter, who should visit it when the last rays of the setting sun are falling upon it.

~ Joseph N. Nicollet, explorer

The city of Pipestone, Minnesota is a town that sits on the border of South Dakota in southwestern Minnesota. It always felt like a far off place to me as a child growing up in a Minneapolis suburb. I'm not sure it's much different now as family asked why I wanted to drive all the way out there; they had no idea that the Pipe...

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The Devils Tower

Posted by Jason Hussong on Friday, September 4, 2009,
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars,
the moon, the sun, how they move in silence. ~ Mother Teresa

The Devils Tower, declared the first national monument in 1906, is one of those places I'm just not sure I can wrap my head around. So much of it seems so contradictory that it just doesn't fit together for me. One thing is certain though, I did enjoy my brief stop and would recommend the Devils Tower to anyone.

The natural beauty is not at all what I wo...


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