South Dakota

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Image of Crazy Horse Memorial located in South Dakota, US
South Dakota, US

Crazy Horse Memorial

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over

When the carving of Mount Rushmore began in 1927, the local Lakota Indians objected loudly. The Black Hills of South Dakota, by treaty, belonged to them. But rather than simply protest, Chief... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Cultures and Civilizations , Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and stanestane

Image of McFarthest Spot located in South Dakota, US | The respite from Fast Food Nation is that dark spot at the top-center of the map.
South Dakota, US

McFarthest Spot

The farthest you can be in the continental US from a McDonald's location

With over 13,000 McDonalds locations (or roughly one for every 23,000 Americans), this is Fast Food Nation's version of the Alamo. Geographically speaking, in the lower 48 United States it is... »

Commercial Curiosities, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by littlebrumble

Image of Cosmos Mystery Area located in South Dakota, US
South Dakota, US

Cosmos Mystery Area

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't

"Have you ever experienced a place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk? Have you ever stood on the wall or felt an unexplainable force?" So reads the promotional... »

Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills | Edited by

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