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Put Mount Rushmore on Your Bucket List

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Put Mount Rushmore on Your Bucket List In 1923, South Dakota state historian Jonah LeRoy “Doane” Robinson was searching for ways to bring more tourism to the state.  He contacted Dan...


Four Reasons to Ride Vanocker Canyon

3/18/2021-3/18/2022

Four Reasons to Ride Vanocker Canyon Listed as one of the four most scenic drives in the Black Hills, Vanocker Canyon Road is a lovely, relaxing drive.  You won’t find any sharp turns or s...


Motorcycles, Music and Merch – The Buffalo Chip is Your One-Stop Shop

8/6/2021-8/15/2021

As Rally-goers roll through the town of Sturgis, many of them make their rounds of Main Street and vendors, then head east out of town on Highway 34 to the most notorious and longest running Sturgis R...


Hiking Bear Butte - Know Before You Go!

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Jutting from the rolling plains northeast of Sturgis is a million-years-old reminder that the Black Hills were once under the sea.  Bear Butte, or Matȟo Pahá in Lakota, is a much visi...