Yesterday morning, the famous CBS day-time game show, The Price is Right, kicked off its episode by giving away a Black Hills vacation package…

Prairie Berry Winery, of Hill City, recently got rave reviews at the nation’s largest competition for North American wines. The local winemakers were honored with several awards at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, but their raspberry and rhubarb wine stole the show.

The City of Rapid City and the Rapid City Regional Airport announced this week that American Airlines will be offering nonstop flights to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport starting April 6…

This YouTube video shows some amazing, backstage footage from Elvis Presley’s June 21, 1977 concert in Rapid City…

A couple weeks ago, my wife and I caught part of Oprah’s prime-time holiday interview with the Obamas. The President and First Lady showed Oprah around The White House which was all decorated for the season.
During the TV special, the Christmas tree in the Blue Room was featured. Michelle Obama explained how they had decorated …

The Black Hills area town of Aladdin, Wyoming is for sale. Well, the majority of the town anyway.
Nestled between the South Dakota Black Hills and the Bearlodge Mountains of Wyoming  is the quiet little town of Aladdin. Population 15, Aladdin is barely a speck on the map, but for more than 100 years, the town …

WANTED – ALIVE! That’s what the folks down at Reptile Gardens, near Rapid City, are saying about monster snakes, crocodilians and tortoises. They shared an entertaining post on their own blog today about the photos that they often receive showing what are reported to be “giant, record-breaking reptiles.”
Chances are you’ve seen pictures floating around the …

Heather, a travel blog reader, recently sent us an interesting email. She had been sorting through a collection of antique sheet music and other belongings that had been in her family for years.
Among them was an old poster dating back to the 1920’s 1930’s or early 40’s. The poster was from the Black Hills Jewelry …

We’ve all heard the story of the lost city of Atlantis – the ancient city that sunk to the bottom of the ocean, never to be seen again. Well, it’s not exactly Atlantis, but there is definitely a sunken city or two in the Black Hills.
Now nestled on the bottom of Sheridan Lake are the …

Those of us that live in or have visited the beautiful Black Hills tend to think it’s a pretty special place. This morning I stumbled across a feature article showing that the folks at National Geographic Traveler magazine think so too.
In their recent article ‘Drives of a Lifetime,” NatGeo named the Black Hills as one …