A "Homecooking" sign, perched on the side of a gravel road in southwestern South Dakota, stops me ... stayed because this is the fat of the land: buffalo grass, wheatgrass, and grama grass ...

The closest major airport to Badlands National Park is in Rapid City, South Dakota. From there, visitors can drive for about an hour to the North Unit of the park. The Ben Reifel Visitor Center on the ...

Much of this volcanic ash comes from the Great Basin, a geographic area within which the states of Utah and Nevada lie today.

So get ready to “go west” where the buffalo roam ... No stories about South Dakota would be complete without mention of the Badlands. The 243,000 acre Badlands National Park includes lands ...