MOUNT RUSHMORE

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Mount Rushmore is a colossal memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The work of gifted sculptor Gutzon Borglum, it was to become the world's largest mountain sculpture. The memorial started as an idea to draw sightseers to the Black Hills. In 1927, President Calvin Coolidge dedicated the site, and Borglum began 14 years of work designing, blasting, and carving the face of the mountain. Today, the 60 foot faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln gaze out from Mount Rushmore as a shrine to democracy.

This time around, we listed you " Top Reasons to Go to Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills " :

Stars Aplenty

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Badlands National Park contains some of the clearest and cleanest air in the country, which makes it perfect for viewing the night sky.

A world of wildlife

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Badlands National Park is home to wildlife: antelope, deer, black-footed ferret, prairie dogs, rabbits, coyotes, foxes, badgers.