This is a book which is meant for discussion and dissection. There’s a lot of discovery, both on the road and in the characters’ growth throughout the story.

De Smet, SD the town where the Ingalls were one of its first residents, many of the Little House books document the building of De Smet

Walnut Grove, MN made famous by Laura Ingalls inLittle House on the Prairie. The museum’s collections are in a series of interesting buildings

I, of course, could never relate to rich Asian immigrants, but still found the basic truths to be the same about every family.