The closest major airport to Badlands National Park is in Rapid City, South Dakota. From there ... Missile National Historic Site is located just off Route 90 near this east entrance of the North Unit ...

An online travel guide named the 60 campsites with the best views across the U.S., including one in South Dakota.

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

South Dakota ... to the awe-inspiring Badlands National Park. If ever there was a place to go to disconnect from the drudgery of daily life and connect with nature, South Dakota would be it.