Upside Down Under: Paris of the Prairie. . .

A woman with four young children stopped by the farmers’ market last week and she said they had just moved to North Dakota from Louisiana. “From hurricanes to blizzards,” she said. But, she seemed happy to be in Minot and her kids were relaxed and appeared to be having fun.

As our conversation continued, she asked myself and my intern what there is to do around here? Of course, our answers centere...