The Atlas Obscura Guide To Wall

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Wall, South Dakota

Updated November 22, 2021

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Unusual Attractions in Wall

Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The glass dome that encloses the missile silo opening.

Wall, South Dakota

Delta-09 Minuteman Missile Site

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

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Conata

Conata, South Dakota

Conata

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

18 miles from Wall

Minuteman Missile Visitors Center

Philip, South Dakota

Minuteman Missile Visitor Center

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

19 miles from Wall

Philip, South Dakota

Giant Prairie Dog

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

20 miles from Wall

Hardware Store

Scenic, South Dakota

Scenic Ghost Town

The empty town of Scenic, South Dakota, is owned by a church in the Philippines.

21 miles from Wall

Creston Dinosaur

Creston, South Dakota

Creston Dinosaur

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

23 miles from Wall

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7 Inexplicably Huge Animals in South Dakota

One of the great resources of the Mount Rushmore State is millions and millions of years old: fossils. The state has long had pride of place in the paleontology world for the dinosaurs and mammoths that have been excavated there. And that history seems to have provided inspiration for the state's menagerie of massive megafauna. Here are some of our favorite places that celebrate dinosaurs, huge animal art installations, mammoths, and ... a prairie dog?

There are lots of big creatures at the Porter Sculpture Park.

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