Try these five easy day trips from Rapid City, South Dakota. Discover wildlife, cross-country ski trails, old mine towns, and more.

This colossal sculpture showcases the iconic faces of four former U.S. presidents intricately carved into a mountain in South Dakota's Black Hills ... Though the artist passed away before the monument ...

To the east lies South Dakota's newest park ... known to the Lakota people – Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a tribute to four presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...

Conceived by Doane Robinson, a South Dakota state historian ... the rock would be against the vision of the monument’s sculptor who chose the presidents to represent principles and not the ...

Each year, two million visitors walk or roll from the entrance of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in South Dakota ... celebration of not only these four presidents but also the nation’s ...

At the outset of the project, Gutzon Borglum had persuaded South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson the presidents would ... sacred ground. 3.The monument celebrates the European settlers ...

South Dakota state historian Doane ... June 6: The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission is created. Rapid City mayor John Boland is named president of the Commission's executive committee.