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By Laura Johnson AndrewsSouth Dakota is rich with great places and great people. We hope to share a few of them in this space dedicated to exploring South Dakota safely. Stay tuned!
View ArticleGrowing Something Special
By John Andrews It’s October, which means the hops have been cut and baled, the aronia berries shaken from their bushes and frozen and the flax swathed. No, agriculture isn’t all corn and beans in...
View ArticleNovember/December 2020
((img|NovDec20.jpg|width=250)) Sioux Falls photographer Greg Latza captured a bolt of lightning over a farm field near Kimball. Scars from the Sky: Black Hills lightning is unique, and its pines...
View ArticleSouth Dakota’s Spooky Side
By John Andrews It seems every town in South Dakota has a ramshackle old house that people believe to be haunted. In Lake Norden, it was just down the street from my house. It was small and had long...
View ArticleCrossing Over
By Christian Begeman I’m not much with paint. I struggle to draw a stick figure. I don’t consider myself an artist. I realize some may make the argument that photography is an art form, but I’m not...
View ArticleA Thanksgiving Table Set for Two
By Fran Hill I am not hosting Thanksgiving this year. As the CDC tells us, it just isn’t prudent to host gatherings right now. However, my husband and I love a good turkey dinner, and I will still...
View ArticleA Winter Walk on River Street
With its unique sandstone architecture, delightful shops, tasty eateries and, of course, the flowing waters that gave it its name, Hot Springs is a delightful stop for travelers. Bernie Hunhoff...
View ArticleKeystone Christmas
Keystone has a very different feel when the throngs of summer visitors to Mount Rushmore fade away. We recently paid a visit to the Pennington County town to enjoy the wintry mountain peace and...
View ArticleA Time-Traveled Treat
By Katie Hunhoff ((img|kringle-12-1-20.jpg|width=400)) Ashley Frerichs brought her family's kringle tradition from North Dakota. She and her husband, Jason, live on a farm near Wilmot with their...
View ArticleSouth Dakota's Sledding Hills
((img|12-3-20-Sledding-SD-DSC_5916.jpeg|width=300)) Local youth take to their sleds at Yankton’s Morgen Park. Photo by Bernie Hunhoff. By Bernie Hunhoff South Dakota’s reputation for geographic...
View ArticleSchool for Snowshoes
By Laura Johnson Andrews ((img|boat-shop-12-7-20.jpg|width=400)) Snowshoes and other traditional crafts are preserved at the Four Winds Boat Shop near Vermillion. Students are welcome in the...
View ArticleWarm Water, Warm Hearts
By Bernie HunhoffOne of the most beautiful evenings of the South Dakota holiday season comes Tuesday (Dec. 8) at Hot Springs, a city with a 131-year legacy of caring for the veterans of South Dakota....
View ArticlePetrified Giant
By Michael Zimny An ancient petrified tree in Perkins County may be one of the largest ever discovered and may eventually tell us more about what kind of landscape existed here in the past. "My father...
View ArticleBison, Anyone?
By Bernie Hunhoff Bison meat is gaining popularity at restaurants in the Black Hills and western South Dakota. Sandi McLain, longtime proprietor of Big Thunder Gold Mine in Keystone, says visitors from...
View ArticleHill City's Trees and Trains
All who love Christmastime and trains should rendezvous in Hill City this holiday season. (Anyone who doesn’t love Christmastime and trains might plan to see a doctor.) The South Dakota State Railroad...
View ArticleThe Count Goes On
By Laura Johnson Andrews COVID or not, South Dakotans are going to count our birds. This month, volunteers across South Dakota will venture out with binoculars and spotting scopes in hand or simply sit...
View ArticleKeystone's Bigfoot
By Bernie Hunhoff Bigfoot followers are watching the little Black Hills town of Keystone, where a Sasquatch-related announcement is coming Saturday, Dec. 19. This isn’t the first time Bigfoot made...
View ArticleA Town Every 10 Miles
By Bernie Hunhoff ((img|corson-county-12-14-20-1.jpg|width=400)) Trains still stop in McLaughlin, the largest town in Corson County, because the South Dakota Wheat Growers' grain elevator ships wheat,...
View ArticleHuron's Marvelous Murals
Artists have brightened and enlightened the streets of Huron with nearly two dozen murals that illustrate the history and heritage of a city that has developed into one of the American West’s most...
View ArticleWe Winter With Eagles
By Bernie Hunhoff Eagles were a rare sight in South Dakota just decades ago. The pesticide DDT got in their food (fish) chain and decreased the birds’ fertility. Then, 522,000 acres of their favorite...
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