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Mount Rushmore
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“The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial featuring a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills, about 2 mi (3 km) southwest of Keystone, South Dakota, United States. The sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, named it the Shrine of Democracy, and…”
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Atlas ObscuraApr 6

The Breathing Hole of the Earth, Found in South Dakota

Atlas Obscura community member Catherine Laton warned me. "You're going to be so surprised at how much you'll love South Dakota." She is one of hundreds of readers who flooded my inbox after I announced my quest to visit all 50 states before July 4th. And, she was right, and also not quite right. I was surprised, but not in the way she meant. Fueled by your e-mails and recommendations , I arriv…

faces carved at a large scale

11 things in this story
  • Jewel CaveSightone of the longest caves in the world
  • Mount RushmoreSightfaces carved at a large scale
  • Crazy HorseSightmonument still being carved after seven decades
  • Wind CaveSightnamed for the wind that blows through its entrance
  • Black HillsPlaceBlack Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the range's highest summit.
  • Wind Cave ParkPlacereintroduction site for American bison
  • Wind Cave National ParkNature reserveEstablished on January 3, 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, it was the sixth national park in the U.S.
  • BadlandsNeighborhoodtake water when visiting
  • DeadwoodNeighborhoodtown leaned into its mythology with saloons
  • Washun NiyePlace
  • American bisonAttraction
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