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Mammoths and Mighty Mount Rushmore
A Family Vacation in Badlands and Black Hills, South Dakota
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Badlands and Black Hills
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Deadwood
Deadwood
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...
Historical Landmark
Town
Mount Rushmore
Custer State Park Area
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
The Badlands National Park
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...
Park
Visitors Center
Bear Country USA
Custer State Park Area
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...
Zoo
Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary
Bus tours of this 11,000-acre ranch in the Cheyenne River Valley take in ancient petroglyphs, 100+ year-old cowboy graffiti, the sets for the movies "Crazy Horse" and "Hidalgo...
Wildlife Sanctuary
Crazy Horse Memorial
Custer State Park Area
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...
Historical Landmark
Custer State Park
Custer State Park Area
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...
Park
Mammoth Site
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
Reptile Gardens
Custer State Park Area
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...
Zoo
Wall Drug
Wall
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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