November/December 2018
((img|NovDec18.jpg|width=250)) Ethan Bruguier carries the sacred staff while riding his horse, Sergeant, on the Big Foot Ride to honor his father. Photo by Bernie Hunhoff. Riding for My Father: A...
View ArticleNaturally Spooky
We wear scary costumes on Halloween. We spread wispy, faux spider webs across our doors and play haunting music when kids come trick or treating. But South Dakota’s great outdoors need no help when it...
View ArticleGetting the Lead Out
By John Andrews It doesn’t have a catchy name yet (in legalese it’s known as RRT 01), but a new machine built by brothers Dakota and Lance Tschetter of Huron and Colin Treeby of Rapid City is cleaning...
View ArticleManganese Memories
By Michael Zimny Frequent cross-state travelers may sometimes wonder: What the heck are those brick and concrete ruins just north of Interstate 90 a few miles west of the Missouri River? All alone on...
View ArticleStories Beneath the Stones
By Paul Higbee ((img|national-cemeteries-11-12-18-4.jpg|width=759)) Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis is the largest national cemetery in South Dakota. Photo by Buck Lovell. Seventy years...
View ArticleBookin' It Through the Badlands
Photographer Scott Korsten and his wife Marilyn recently discovered that it pays to take it easy when traveling across South Dakota. "My wife and I were on a quick business-related trip to the Black...
View ArticleIn a Thanksgiving Mood
By Christian Begeman It’s hard to believe that I’ve been compiling this online photography column for seven years. I’m thankful for the opportunity the folks at the magazine gave me back in the late...
View ArticleSky High
By Katie Hunhoff ((img|dave-tunge-and-camera-11-21-18.jpg|width=400)) Dave Tunge has been photographing South Dakota from his Super Cub for nearly 15 years. South Dakota Magazine has gathered his most...
View ArticleOh Deer
Photographer Christian Begeman avoided the big deals Thanksgiving weekend and went for big game instead. His travels took him to Walworth County, Custer State Park and the Badlands, where he found deer...
View ArticleBullhead Remembers the Doughboy
By Michael Zimny ((img|zimny-doughboy-12-5-18-3.jpg|width=759)) South Dakota's only Spirit of the American Doughboy sculpture, in honor of America's World War I infantrymen, is found in Bullhead on the...
View ArticleThat’s No Lye
By Fran Hill Last month, I ate lutefisk for the first time. I ate cod that had been dried, soaked in lye, rehydrated, rinsed, and then boiled and served with melted butter. At Summit’s 80th Lutefisk...
View ArticleLighting Up the Night
By Christian Begeman I grew up in the country. Going to town always felt like a treat, especially before I started school. Every December, Isabel’s Main Street, which also happened to be a state...
View ArticleA Christmas Ode to Lutefisk
By John Andrews I heard a story once that the grocer in my hometown ordered a barrel full of lutefisk in preparation for the holiday season. When the truck delivered it, the driver left the barrel...
View ArticleComfort, Joy and Cake
By Fran Hill Christmas is less than a week away, and I may jinx things by stating this, but I am crushing it. I am so on top of my game. To be totally fair, I did change the game a bit this year. I am...
View ArticleJanuary/February 2019
((img|JanFeb19.jpg|width=250)) Jason Thorstenson works cattle on the Green Mountain Ranch between Nemo and Johnson Siding. Photo by Johnny Sundby Here's the Beef: Stories, photos and recipes from...
View ArticleChristmas at Wounded Knee
By Sidney H. Byrd ((img|Christmas-Window-12-15-15.jpg|width=400)) My grandparents were sent to the Pine Ridge Reservation as Presbyterian missionaries from their home at a newly established Christian...
View ArticleThis Isn’t Yankee Stadium
By Colin Kapitan Editor’s Note: Colin "Kap" Kapitan, a fixture on the South Dakota sports scene for six decades, died Dec. 28. Kap was a fun-loving character and a man who could both tell a story in...
View ArticleWriters of the Iron Road
By Michael Zimny ((img|zimny-graffiti-01-02-19-8.JPG|width=400)) Wakinyan Chief works in Rapid City's art alley. As an art form, graffiti on freight trains evokes a wide range of responses. Some...
View ArticleSushi at Home
By Fran Hill If you know me at all, you know that I love sushi. A lot. South Dakotans are lucky that sushi dining options have expanded in recent years. No longer relegated to the extreme eastern or...
View ArticleFrosty Wonderland
By Christian Begeman Winter weather is not usually described in complimentary terms. Subzero temps, the threat of blizzards along with long nights and short days make it difficult to stay on the sunny...
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