Four presidential faces loom over this former mining town, now transformed into a tourist haven at the gateway to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The Wild West spirit lives on at the National Presidential Wax Museum, where history comes to life without academic stuffiness. Try prospecting at Big Thunder Gold Mine – finding color in your pan never gets old. Rushmore Tramway Adventures offers aerial views even the presidents would envy. When crowds thin, explore Rushmore Cave with its crystalline formations growing for millennia. The Black Hills National Forest surrounds it all with pine-scented trails where wildlife roams, indifferent to presidential politics.
