by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | Attractions
 Agricultural art on a grand scale If you were to stop tourists and ask for their impressions as they leave The World’s Only Corn Palace in Mitchell, it would not be uncommon to hear “It’s just a gym with corn on it†from one visitor and “It’s...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | History, Native Americans
Gov. Mike Rounds has declared 2010 a "Year of Unity" in South Dakota. The declaration aims to foster better relations between whites and American Indians in South Dakota, where Indians constitute about 8.5 percent of the population. As part of the Year of...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | General
For tourists headed west on Interstate 90 to a Black Hills vacation, Sioux Falls is the last major population center they encounter until Rapid City. There’s an awful lot of driving between those two places — about 350 miles, which is enough to engender...