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    Pioneer Auto Museum

    4.6 (14 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Updated a few days ago

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    Shawn F.

    Stop and be amazed. The kids had fun on a treasure hunt and we had ice cream at the end of the self tour. Awesome.

    Pioneer town consists of a whopping 42 different buildings!
    Karl W.

    Unlike Wall Drug, the many advertising signs on the highway for Pioneer town is well worth the stop. I figured it would be a 30 minute roadside attraction full of cars that only I would enjoy. But in reality the entire family enjoyed it and we spent over 3 hours in amazement. There is around 250 cars which includes a lot of rare issues and some that are over 100 years old now. My favorites include the General Lee, Lil Red Express Truck, Plymouth Superbird and GTO Judge convertible. Along with the cars, there is 42 buildings full of vintage treasures ranging from toys, antiques, rocks & gems, tools, pipes....basically almost a little of everything here. He was a real hoarder, that is for sure. This place was originally built over 50 years ago and the son of the founder -Dave Geisler greeted us in person when we arrived and was full of enthusiasm to get us started. The only negative thing I can say about Pioneer town is how decrepit it has become. Many of the tires are deflated or very low and everything kept outside has shown a lot of sun fading and weathering. When Dave passes on, I really hope someone takes over and puts some money into restoring or at least preserving the state the cars are currently in. The collection worth is in the millions and I'm amazed how a person collected all this over ones lifetime. Reserve at least 2 hours to just walk through everything.

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    This place is huge! You can spend a couple of hours walking through all the expansions.

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    South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center - Home of the South Dakota State Museum and Archives! Discover a new adventure at every turn.

    South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center

    4.3(4 reviews)
    38.3 mi

    On the way out of Mount Rushmore and heading down towards Keystone, you'll find this historical…read moremarker installed by the State of South Dakota and in memory of the man who carved the start of the famous Mount Rushmore National Monument. And if you frame it right, you can get a picture of the monument with the historical marker, which reads: "His birthplace was Idaho. California first taught him art. Then France, who first gave him fame. England welcomed him. America called him home. His genius for the exquisite as for the colossal gave permanence on canvas, in bronze, in marble, to moods of beauty or passion, to figures of legend and history. Nations, cities, colleges paid him tribute. As a patriot he stripped corruption bare. As a statesman he toiled for equality in the rights of man. At last he carved a mountain for a monument. He made the monument chant: 'Remember! These giant souls set America free and kept her free. Hold fast your sacred heritage, Americans! Remember! Remember!' The first actual carving was begun in 1927. The Washington head was dedicated in 1931, representing the founding of our government; the Jefferson in 1936 for the man who made our first great expansion west with the Louisiana Purchase; Lincoln in 1937 for his preservation of the Union; the final head, Roosevelt, in 1939, for the completion of the Panama Canal. Borglum said, 'I want somewhere in America a memory of the great things we accomplished as a nation, placed so high it won't pay to pull it down for lesser purposes.' The project was nearly completed in 1941 when Borglum died. Mount Rushmore was completed by his son Lincoln with the final drilling done October 31, 1941." There are spots on both sides of the highway where you can stop, but watch the traffic if you decide to cross! UPDATE: This is Yelp hamsters at work. This was originally the Gutzon Borglum Historical Marker in Keystone, SD. So let's move it to Pierre, Yelp?

    The SD Cultural Heritage Center is a wonderful facility. The museum exhibits are interesting. The…read morecurrent exhibit deals with the minuteman missiles which formed such an interesting part of state history. The museum has additional activities for the kids. The online presence of the CHC is also excellent. I particularly like the old pictures and postcards which have been scanned and placed online. Wonderful!

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    South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center - Come see what's under the rainbow at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, SD!

    Come see what's under the rainbow at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, SD!

    South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center - "South Dakota Environments: A Window to Past Times," is now on display. Explore how our environment has changed over time.

    "South Dakota Environments: A Window to Past Times," is now on display. Explore how our environment has changed over time.

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    Mount Rushmore as seen from the Historical Marker

    Minuteman Missile

    Minuteman Missile

    4.9(16 reviews)
    59.6 mi

    Interesting place to see!…read more Sure brought back memories as a young child being told to duck under my school desk and close my eyes in case of nuclear explosion. That's right we had nuclear explosion drills in grade school grown up. I use to come home and tell mom and dad about our drills at school and dad would just laugh. He witnessed 3 atomic blasts, one of them was the hydrogen blast and another was the big bikini atoll blast. He understood that ducking under your desk, ain't gonna do squat if a bomb goes off nearby. This museum is a must go to site to see when American was battling the Russians during the Cold War Era. Excellent place to see a different part of American history! I hope to be back soon!

    This review is for the missile silo, as there's another listing on Yelp for the visitor center. I…read morevisited the Delta-09 missile silo complex as I couldn't get in on the tour for the Delta-01 Launch Control Facility (which is limited to 6 participants). There's a small unpaved section of the road to get to the parking lot, and cattle also graze here. The juxtaposition makes for an odd sight, but it was also the reality when the missiles were in operation! There's a small covered area next to the parking lot which has information about the missile, and then a cell phone tour for the parts of the missile. Unfortunately it was very windy so I couldn't hear that well over the wind. It was very cool to peer down the viewing enclosure to look at the deactivated training missile in the launch tube!

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    Delta-09 missile silo information

    Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum

    Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum

    4.5(2 reviews)
    52.4 mi

    Worked next door for years. Truly a great location. They have Sicangu Winter Counts on display…read more One time they even displayed Johnny Cash's guitar from when he played the old Veteran's Gym back in the seventies. You want beadwork and quillwork from local craftsmen? Fine quality work at dirt cheap prices. Quilled Medicine Wheels for $15.00. Used to take my students there every year even though it is closed during the fall and winter. If you are ever on Rosebud be sure to visit. Wopilla!

    This museum is smaller than many other Indian heritage museums, but each piece is beautifully…read moreselected, displayed, and explained. Most of the artifacts are nineteenth-century Lakota. The quill- and beadwork is breathtaking. War shirts and other effects of Crazy Horse are on display. A small collection of early twentieth-century artifacts connected with the work of the Jesuit-run mission is also on display. For more serious visitors there is a large collection of photographs antedating World War II made by Fr. Buechel, after whom the museum is named, and which do a remarkable job documenting reservation life a century ago. St. Francis is a bit of a jog off US-18 and forty miles up from Valentine, NE. For those interested in the Rosebud Sioux or very interested in American Indian life in general, it's definitely worth a visit. Together with the stunning church of Saint Charles Borromeo, the trip is worth it for a more general visitor. (The church is open for services on Sunday and on Wednesday evenings; the museum is open during the work day between Memorial Day and Labor Day, otherwise an advance call is necessary. But once you're there, the folks are so pleasant, I suspect you could talk your way into seeing everything.)

    Pioneer Auto Museum - museums - Updated May 2026

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