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

The Entertainers of Milbank


The Grant County city’s downtown has become a fun place to visit and shop.

The Dusty Trail


The Fort Meade National Backcountry Byway might be our most historic gravel road.

A Ghost Town Called Spokane


The voices of this mining village are long gone. Or are they?

Galena’s Ghosts


The mountain village is quiet today, but its mining past reverberates.

Winter in Keystone


Mount Rushmore’s historic hometown catches its breath during the year’s coldest days.

Murdo’s 1880 Town


The Hullinger family created a new town from discarded buildings. Photo by Johnny Sundby

The Story Behind the Square


Escaping the bonds of prairie urbanism in Rapid City.

Traveling Pine Ridge Today


Treasures lie within the reservations hills and valleys. Photo by Jerry Grier.

An Original River Town


Springfield has suffered highs and lows, but they haven’t stifled the town’s spirit or creativity.

Howes Corner


Coffee, cribbage and West River ribbing will be the responsibility of the new owners.

Bad Roads, Good Roads


South Dakota’s gravel roads are as important as ever, but there can be too much of a good thing.

Witten: A Town on the 100th Meridian


The Tripp County town lies where people once believed no one could live.

Clocks, Cars & Tractors


Fix them all on Bridgewater’s main street.

Old Highway 16


South Dakota’s historic thoroughfare has been mostly renumbered and all but forgotten, but the route is still passable (mostly) and relics of its heyday are everywhere.

Motorists driving Highway 18 near Tripp have learned to watch for the horse-drawn buggies of several Amish families who live nearby.

Autumn On Highway 18


A photo journey that begins in the corn, traverses the Rosebud and ends in the Hills. Photos by Stephen Gassman.

Black Hills Mountain Lodges


Four getaways tucked among the pines.

Looping Along


Credit Peter Norbeck for a wild ride through Custer State Park. Photo by Stephen Gassman

Blooming lilac and crab apple trees provide a splash of color to the state capitol grounds in Pierre. Photos by Scott Howard/S.D. Tourism.

A Capitol Spring


Spring’s vibrant colors bring out the best in our granite capitol. Photos by Scott Howard/S.D. Tourism.

A Rapid City Treasure


Surprises await inside The Clock Shop.

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