Food
Kneading Tradition
Rediscovering bread 4,500 miles from home. [read more ]
Hunting Charles Mix Plums
Apple Pie: It's in the Bag
Brookings’ Rhubarb King
Freeman’s Savory Soup
Travel
On the Quartzite Trail
Jim Kersten’s tour uses ancient rocks to explain 1.6 billion years of prairie history. Photo by Greg Latza [read more ]
The Entertainers of Milbank
The Dusty Trail
A Ghost Town Called Spokane
Galena’s Ghosts
History
The Last Lakota Code Talker
How Clarence Wolf Guts of the Rosebud Reservation fooled the Japanese. [read more ]
Apostles on the Plains
The Murder of Patsy Magner
Minnilusa Links Old and New
South Dakota’s Death Valley
Outdoors
Autumn Grasslands
Don’t overlook South Dakota’s grassy seas this fall. Photo by Stephen Gassman [read more ]
Looking Up
Primitive Camping
Becoming a Birder
A Park of Peace
Culture
Lake Legends
History and mythology abound in our Glacial Lakes. Illustrations by Jim Pollock. [read more ]
Field of Dreams
High in the Saddle
Why South Dakota?
This Isn’t Yankee Stadium
Business
A New Look
A Langford farmer develops a new camouflage pattern. [read more ]
Rescuing a Colonial
Frosting Zebras
Wagon Master
Soap That’s Good For You
Monthly E-Newsletter
Events
November 18 - December 06Hands On: Student-Curated Exhibitions at the University Art Galleries - Vermillion
November 18 November 18South Dakota Christmas Ornament - Brookings
November 18Asteroid Imaging: The 4 Vesta Project (talk) - Rapid City
November 20 - November 24A Twisted Christmas Carol (theater) - Watertown
All EventsOn This Day
November 18
Pro baseball player Kermit Wahl was born in Columbia, S.D. on this day in 1922. He spent 4 years in the major leagues with the Cincinnati Reds, the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns. His best year was 1950, when he hit .257 playing for Philadelphia. Wahl was inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.
Columns
November 13, 2019
A Glimpse of Fall
PHOTOGRAPHY: Rain and snow put a damper on South Dakota’s most colorful season. [read More]
November 7, 2019
Wall Drug Wanderlust
FOOD: When you can’t have the store’s signature cake doughnuts, try Fran Hill’s homemade Apple Cider Doughnuts. [read More]
November 6, 2019
Grottos of South Dakota
HISTORY: A German Catholic tradition brought to the Midwest. [read More]
October 29, 2019
South Dakota’s Spooky Side
CULTURE: Places where things go bump in the night. Photo by Chad Coppess/S.D. Tourism [read More]
October 24, 2019
Guiltless Comfort
FOOD: Apple Cider Salad provides flavors you love without the holiday calories. [read More]