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South Dakota

11
Oct
Custer State Park

Custer State Park

Granite spires, narrow tunnels, bison, burros, and golden-hour prairie made this one easy to underestimate and hard to forget
7 min read
06
Oct
Stairs climbing through a rough limestone chamber inside Wind Cave National Park.

Wind Cave National Park

Boxwork, bison, and a breathing cave made this one of the more surprising national parks I’ve visited
7 min read
30
Sep
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

An extraordinary achievement carved into a landscape with a much older and complicated history
7 min read