Which Is South Dakota’s Most Underrated Tourist Attraction?
Move over Mount Rushmore, you’ve got company on the list of the top hotspots for visitors in South Dakota. While the famous faces in the Black Hills continue to be the state’s top tourism draw, one website says it’s a nearby site that is deserving of more publicity.
The Crazy Horse Memorial, just a 16 mile drive from Mount Rushmore, makes Supercompressor.com’s list of The Most Underrated Tourist Attraction in All 50 States.
The memorial is the work of this man, Korczak Ziolkowski, the sculptor who began the project in 1948, before passing away in 1982. His widow Ruth, and the couple’s ten children took over the project from there. Ruth passed away last year.
When the project is completed, it will be the largest sculpture in the world, measuring 641 feet wide and 563 feet tall, nearly 30 feet higher than its’ famous neighbor with the Presidential faces.
As for South Dakota’s neighboring states, Supercompressor lists the International Peace Garden as North Dakota’s most underrated attraction, Omaha’s Durham Museum as Nebraska’s, the Soudan Underground Mine State Park as Minnesota’s, and the Amana Colonies as Iowa’s.