South Dakota is not boring.

Heading west to east on I-90 are four gems:







1) Gutzon Borglum created a national monument by blasting four presidents’ visages into a mountain.









2) The ride from Rapid City to Wall passes quickly, as you encounter a different Wall Drug sign every fifteen seconds—you can’t miss them (even though my camera did).

Pictured directly above: The wall and the drugs.

3) Badlands National Park had an impressive storm while we were there, and I joined the folks trying to photograph lightning.

4) Mitchell hosts the world’s only Corn Palace.

Other sections of South Dakota feature large fields, not pictured.

(They have to grow the corn somewhere.)