Cool Places

Friday, February 10, 2012

Cool Places | Growth and Development | Main Street Economics

01/16/2012

When a regional chain retailer decided to close its store in Cambridge, Nebraska, the town had an answer. Cambridge would open its own.

Arts and Culture | Cool Places

Have a Rezzy Little Christmas

12/22/2011

The best Christmases are the ones in our memory. An Sicangu Lakota blogger recently asked her Facebook friends about the holiday — and these are the memories that came in return.

Cool Places | Environment | Travel/Recreation | Wildlife

'Abominable Mysteries' at Yahoo Falls

12/16/2011

silene It's hunting season. Two Kentucky plantsmen head unarmed into the territory of putty root and pink muhly, finding the highest waterfall in the state and othr wonders.

Cool Places | Environment | Travel/Recreation | Wildlife

Opening a Break in Big Bend Country

12/12/2011

crossing at Boquillas After 9/11, a border crossing from the village of Boquillas, Mexico, was closed. Now a proposed port of entry could preserve local wildlife and save a dying town.

Arts and Culture | Cool Places | Travel/Recreation

36 Hours in (and around) Eunice, Louisiana

10/27/2011

cory at savoy Rural Louisiana birthed three styles of original music, and dance fans -- local and far flung -- ensure that every beat goes on.

Cool Places | Food

Wendish Comfort Food: Kaffee Kuchen

10/21/2011

serbin streusel What food says "welcome" in your town? In Lee County, Texas, it's coffee cake -- just the thing for breakfast, as a snack, or after long a Trans-Atlantic crossing.

Cool Places | Growth and Development | Main Street Economics | Politics and Government

Ord, Nebraska, and the 1% Miracle

10/18/2011

ord hot rods A county in rural Nebraska quit waiting for state and federal help and passed a local sales tax to help itself, shoring up old businesses, starting new ones, and improving local institutions. From hot rods to high tech to housing, Valley County is on a roll.

Arts and Culture | Cool Places | Education

Boozhoo: Signs of Racial Reconciliation

09/28/2011

ojibwe primer In Bemidji, Minnesota, a town with a history of angry race relations, a few well-placed Ojibwe words have opened the way for mutual trust and respect.