For East and West Coasters, South Dakota is squarely ... making this part of the state a road-tripper's rapture. If driving is the only way to see the Black Hills and Badlands region, the best ...

In western South Dakota, the Black Hills rise ... and theme park-like mountain carvings, the Black Hills has emerged as a seminal all-American road trip destination in the heartland.

Southeast South Dakota Surges Ahead of Black Hills in Tourism Revenue LAKE KAMPESKA, S.D. (AP) — As they sat in comfy lawn chairs and sipped cold sodas in a campsite along Lake Kampeska's ...