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Things to Do in Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
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Crazy Horse Memorial
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
The Crazy Horse Memorial seems to capture kids' imaginations more completely than Mount Rushmore. Maybe the subject matter -- a Lakota leader on a horse -- is more appealing than presidential faces...
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Custer State Park
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
Custer State Park is a great place for monument-weary kids to expend a little energy. It's home to the infamous "begging burros" (they'll approach your car, begging for hand...
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Mount Rushmore
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
Mount Rushmore is one of those iconic landmarks that kids will remember visiting fondly -- as an adult. At the actual time of the visit, their interest may only hold for...
Historical Landmark
Wind Cave National Park
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
Kids of all ages will be fascinated by this park, which is home to one of the largest cave systems in the world...
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Mammoth Site
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
Enclosed and surrounded by exhibits, it is easy to forget that the Mammoth Site is a rich and active paleontological dig. More than 26,000 years ago, large Columbian and woolly...
Science & Nature Museum
The Badlands National Park
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
The Black Hills area is chock full of man-made attractions, but it also boasts some natural national treasures, and the Badlands is one of them. Otherworldly rock formations, startling...
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Wall Drug
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
During the Depression, Wall Drug stayed afloat by putting signs on the highway offering free ice water to lure travelers into town. Today, the billboards are spread all over the...
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Reptile Gardens
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
From the road, this looks like another kitschy roadside attraction -- and it is. But there's also a lot to see here. There are rock and fossil specimens; a sky dome...
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Deadwood
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
The entire town is a national historic landmark, true to its Wild West roots, right down to the replicas of turn-of-the-century street lamps. This is where Wild...
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Bear Country USA
Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
Bear Country USA, a drive-through wildlife park just outside Rapid City, is a great place to see bears up close -- and not in cages. Bears stroll in front of...
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Mammoths and Mighty Mount Rushmore
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