The Midwest and the Middle Ages

From G.K. Chesterton, What I Saw in America, Chapter 6: In the American Countryside:If a man had gone across England in the Middle Ages, or even across Europe in more recent times, he would have found a culture which showed its vitality by its variety. We know the adventures of the three brothers in the old fairy tales who passed across the endless plain from city to city, and found one kingdom