Tag: North

I slipped away from my busywork this weekend to do something with real value — visit the North Dakota Heritage Center. My visits to the Heritage Center are bittersweet. I got to work there for eight years, with the opportunity to explore the exhibits daily — there was always more ...

Fifty years ago, Doug Tompkins founded The North Face to supply explorers with gear that could help them tackle more difficult objectives than ever before. But one question that comes up regularly is where the name ‘The North Face’ came from. If you read the FAQ on thenorthface.com, you ...

Call me prejudiced if you want, but there are plenty of examples of this garbage spread throughout the Country music loving world. I would go so far as to say the vast majority of what that lot call patriotism, also has a foundation of white supremacy attached to it because the so-called good old da...

We write in the midst of the Movement for Black Lives, and in solidarity with those who strive for a world free of all racism. These times demand that allies to the causes of diversity, equity, and inclusion take stock of our actions, or inactions, and reconcile them as best we can. For us, that mea...

In astrology, the North Node in Pisces represents a point in your natal chart that signifies your soul’s evolutionary path and the lessons you are meant to learn in this lifetime. The North Node is always directly opposite the South Node, and together they form the Lunar Nodes. While the South...

In astrology, the North Node in Scorpio represents a point in your natal chart that signifies your soul’s evolutionary path and the lessons you are meant to learn in this lifetime. The North Node is always directly opposite the South Node, and together they form the Lunar Nodes. While the Sout...

If there’s a more spectacular hike in West Virginia than the North Fork Mountain Trail, I haven’t found it. Endless vistas, footpaths surrounded by mountain laurel, vertical stone cliffs that go on for miles … what more could a hiker want? North Fork is part of the Potomac H...

It is no secret that any tourist who is looking forward to visiting Vienna, Austria, not only plans to visit St. Stephen’s Cathedral, but also marks it as a must-visit place on their list. This is because it is a very sacred place as well as a magnificent creation that is more than seven hundr...

As we all know, there’s a ton of hiking trails on the North Shore. However, many hikers aren’t so familiar with the webs of mountain-biking trails covering the lower slopes of Hollyburn Mountain, Mount Fromme, and Mount Seymour. These forest paths are best saved fo...