Off of I-90, exit 110, you’ll find Wall, South Dakota. Turn on to Service Road, then head north on Main Street, and you will find Wall Drug. We began seeing signs miles and miles away from Wall Drug. In fact I believe the first sign I saw was in Wyoming! But I can’t prove it…
Category: History
Crazy Horse Memorial: The Story
Seventeen miles from Mount Rushmore is where you will find the largest sculptural undertaking the world has ever known, with a height of 563 feet and a length of 641 feet. However, the story is not so much about the vastness of the sculpture as it is about the people who brought it into existence….
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
I’ve heard of Mount Rushmore most of my life. I’ve admired the unimaginable ability to carve faces into rock. But I’ve never thought about visiting until I realized how close we would be when passing through South Dakota on our recent road trip. I was excited to see the monument and understand how it might…
Hot Springs National Park History
While visiting Hot Springs NP last October, we made a visit to The Fordyce, a bathhouse that was restored as a museum and configured as the bathhouse was, back in 1915. Along with my book “Images of America Hot Springs National Park” I gained a great overview of the park’s history. A few fun facts about…
Hotel Hale, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Hotel Hale is the only hotel in the national park. It was one of the old bath houses, remade into a beautiful boutique hotel. There are many other hotels on Bathhouse Row, located across the park property line, which is actually the main road. However, it is my personal goal to say on national park property whenever…
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