• Like mashed potatoes? Check out the Mash Potato Wrestling contest in Clark, South Dakota
  • South Dakota has more miles of shoreline than the state of Florida
  • The Silent Guide Monument in Philip, a tower of flat stone visible from 35 miles away, was built in the late 1800s by a sheepherder to mark a waterhole that never went dry
  • The tradition of scattering sawdust on the floor of bars began in Deadwood, South Dakota, to hide the gold dust that collected there
  • According to the South Dakota Constitution, legislators are reimbursed only 5 cents a mile for one trip to and from their homes during a legislative session
  • The Black Hills of South Dakota are the highest mountains east of the Rockies
  • Mitchell, South Dakota, is the home of the world’s only Corn Palace, built with 3,500 bushels of ear corn