Last weekend a friend of mine spent the day at the stock show and caught some great photos of one of the horse sales in progress. His “behind the scenes” way of looking at the event is a view that most people never see…

For world-renowned composer Michael Daugherty, Mount Rushmore National Memorial stirred up more than just emotion – it served as the inspiration for his latest work…

Calamity Jane was no stranger to a good time. She has been fabled to have been many things, but one thing that’s for certain is that she was always the life of the party…

Over the weekend, a fan over at the Black Hills Facebook page posed a though-provoking question, “Is the Black Hills area considered part of the Midwest?”…

Most people who are familiar with the Black Hills have seen – or at the very least – heard of Crazy Horse Memorial, near Custer. The memorial is a work in progress and once finished, will be the largest sculpture in the world.
Crazy Horse Memorial was created by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, who died in 1982. …

A little corner of Black Hills history got some recognition recently. The 80-year-old barn at the State Soldiers Home in Hot Springs — one of South Dakota’s great historic towns — has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The barn sits on the western edge of the Michael J. Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans …

Bob Willis, a Fort Collins-based photographer and travel writer, has a pretty incredible portfolio. His photos have appeared in a number of travel guides, national magazines, metro newspapers and fine art galleries. His work has taken him to Kenya, Thailand and across the United States.
Now, one of Bob’s images from the Custer State Park Buffalo …

It may very well be the most competitive high school basketball tournament in the country, but most people have never even heard of the Lakota Nation Invitational, or LNI as it’s more commonly called.
Originally started in Pine Ridge, as strictly a ball tournament for American Indian high school boys, LNI is now in its 33rd …

Mannheim Steamroller – the classically trained, rock-loving musicians paired up with Crazy Horse Memorial, near Custer? My first impression – it sounds like an odd couple.
But the folks down at the memorial have cooked up a creative new event for this holiday season that promises to combine the two into something really unique.
The creator and …

The other day I posted a story about the 50th anniversary DVD edition of “North by Northwest,” Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie.
In reading about how the movie was made, I saw conflicting reports about whether any scenes were actually filmed on top of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Yesterday I went hunting, and found the definitive story about …