DESTINATIONSSouth Dakota: Natural beauty, kitschy AmericanaUSA TODAYCuster State Park: Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam ...Curious TravelerEach president on Mount Rushmore represents a different aspect of the first 150 years of U.S. history.Curious TravelerGeorge Washington’s head is 60 feet tall, and his eyes are each 11 feet wide.Curious TravelerThe 450,000 tons of rock blown or chiseled off the mountain still lies below Mount Rushmore.Curious TravelerThe wow of Badlands National Park. This is why you come to South Dakota.Curious TravelerThe model for the Crazy Horse Memorial, with the actual monument in the background. If completed according to original design, it could be the largest sculpture in the world.Curious TravelerConstruction on the Crazy Horse Memorial began in the 1940s, and is still a beautiful work in progress.Curious TravelerPristine Sylvan Lake.Curious TravelerThe "needles" of South Dakota. Millions of years of wind erosion shaped these rock formations.Curious TravelerBlack Hills National Forest, so named by Native Americans because the evergreen trees are so dark green, they look almost black.Curious TravelerBighorn sheep roam free in Badlands National Park.Curious TravelerDeadwood, home of gunslingers, rowdy saloons and brothels.Curious TravelerOld Style Saloon No.10 in Deadwood, where it is believed Wild Bill Hickock was shot during a game of poker.Curious TravelerThe "buffalo jam" in Custer State Park, where tourists mingle with the residents - just from the safety of our cars.Curious TravelerOne of the hundreds of Wall Drug billboards dotting the highway, leading weary travelers to the popular roadside attraction.Curious TravelerWall Drug, a South Dakota institution, has been attracting tourists since the 1930s.Curious TravelerWall Drug is part rest stop, part shopping mall, and mostly a gallery of kitchy Americana.Curious TravelerWall Drug’s 70,000 square feet even includes a traveler's chapel.Curious TravelerSpearfish Canyon Falls was named by Native Americans because the creek water was so clear, they could spearfish in it.Curious TravelerLog cabin-themed lodges within Black Hills National Forest.Curious TravelerSpearfish Canyon Lodge in Black Hills National Forest.Curious Traveler