A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

A monument to the legacy of the man who created Spongebob Squarepants at the school where his passion for art and marine biology began.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

At the turn of the 20th century, the Minnehaha County courthouse played host to sensational public divorce trials.

This 19th-century religious artwork was once highly controversial—because it was donated to the church by a divorcee.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

The cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.