Badlands blend beauty and grandeur into one wild vacation

Made up of 244,000 acres of rolling grasslands and serrated rock formations, Badlands National Park largely is a landscape of canyons, steep pinnacles, buttes, ridges and spires. The area also is rife with fossils.

The Badlands' wild vistas worth a visit

What would I do with a five-day minigetaway? Let's see, maybe New York City, San Francisco, Miami or — South Dakota? Lets be honest, the Mount Rushmore State doesn't generally come to mind when thinking "vacation." But after seeing a photo of Badlands National Park in the book "501 Must-Visit Natural Wonders," I changed my mind.

A good time in the Badlands

What would I do with a five-day mini-getaway? Let's see, maybe New York City, San Francisco, Miami or -- South Dakota? Lets be honest, the Mount Rushmore State doesn't generally come to mind when thinking "vacation." But after seeing a photo of Badlands National Park in the book "501 Must-Visit Natural Wonders," I changed my mind. The National Park Service describes the South Dakota Badlands as ...

The South Dakota Badlands' wild vistas are worth a visit

Let's be honest, South Dakota doesn't generally come to mind when thinking "vacation," but after seeing a photo of Badlands National Park, I changed my mind.