The Atlas Obscura Guide To Hot Springs
2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Hot Springs, South Dakota
Updated January 17, 2022
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7 Inexplicably Huge Animals in South Dakota
One of the great resources of the Mount Rushmore State is millions and millions of years old: fossils. The state has long had pride of place in the paleontology world for the dinosaurs and mammoths that have been excavated there. And that history seems to have provided inspiration for the state's menagerie of massive megafauna. Here are some of our favorite places that celebrate dinosaurs, huge animal art installations, mammoths, and ... a prairie dog?
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