WILD HUMANS; WILD NATURE
If you’re thinking to yourself, “I want to get wild on my next vacation,” South Dakota might not be top of your list of destinations—but maybe it should be. With unbelievable natural beauty, and a history of eccentric folks and lawless behavior, South Dakota’s Black Hills region has all the ingredients for any kind of wild time.
Although the Black Hills is one of the oldest mountain ranges in North America, the area wasn’t mapped until 1856. Then, when George Custer’s expedition discovered gold here in 1874, there was a rush that brought all kinds of infrastructure—accompanied by the gunslinging, heavy drinking and tall tale–telling that went along with
