I get it, the studios are in California, the actors live in California, there's remote places for "western" themed shows and movies in California. THE MIDWEST IS NOT IN California. Season 2 just made me more and more mad. Thanksgiving in Southwest Minnesota and they are coming out of church in short sleeve dresses and leaves on trees? I don't think so. They're going to go camping in the hills over the holiday break? 1. The are no mountains in Minnesota, 2. No one in their right mind goes camping in December in Minnesota without cold weather gear or a camper with heat. The Sutter's Mill and gold panning episode...OMG, is this not supposed to take place in MINNESOTA? Has anyone ever heard of the great Minnesota gold fields? NO! Is this California history or Laura Ingall's history? I loved Little House on the Prairie growing up, I grew up and still live in Wisconsin. I went to college near her birthplace. The Ingall's story is important to the history of Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota. Are any of those places named California? The remake that's in works better be shot somewhere more realistic. Think rolling hills, lakes, streams, and snow in December. Minneapolis isn't that far from Walnut Grove, film in it a realistic location. Anything west or near the Rockies doesn't count, so forget California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado or Vancouver.