Must-SeeMount Rushmore
South Dakota
Four presidents carved into a granite mountain in South Dakota's Black Hills, with Badlands National Park nearby.
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South Dakota
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Places in South Dakota
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Worth a DetourBadlands National Park
South Dakota
Sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles in pink and tan layers, on South Dakota's prairie, with bison and bighorn sheep.
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If You're NearbyBear Butte
South Dakota
A lone mountain on the edge of the Black Hills, sacred to the Lakota and Cheyenne, where the summit trail passes prayer cloths left by those who come to fast and pray.
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If You're NearbyDeadwood
South Dakota
An 1876 gold rush town, where Wild Bill Hickok was shot at the poker table holding aces and eights, in the Black Hills.
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If You're NearbySturgis Motorcycle Rally
South Dakota
Early August
Half a million bikers roar into a tiny Black Hills town every August, for the world's largest motorcycle rally.
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If You're NearbyWind Cave and Jewel Cave
South Dakota
Two of the world's longest caves under the Black Hills, with bison on the prairie overhead.
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Also in South Dakota
Not on the short list, but here if your work or family brings you.