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    Wall, South Dakota, "the geographic center of nowhere," is known best to cross-country travellers for its main attraction, Wall Drug. Advertised on gigantic billboards for hundred of miles to the west and east on Interstate 90, the gargantuan drug store has put Wall on the nation's map. There are signs all over the world telling how many miles you are to Wall Drug.

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    The town is named for the natural cliffs of the South Dakota Badlands that fall from the prairie a few miles to the south. It offers some of the nearest dining and lodging options to Badlands National Park.

    Get in

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    Interstate 90

    Wall is on Interstate 90, about 55 mi (89 km) east of Rapid City.

    It is served by Jefferson Lines buses.

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    Map
    Map of Wall (South Dakota)

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    • 1 Wounded Knee Museum, 207 10th Ave (two blocks south from Wall Drug), +1 605 279-2573. 9AM to 5PM daily from May to October. Informative displays feature photos, text, graphics, music, models, and an audio tour describing the exhibits. This narrative museum tells the unforgettable stories of the 1890 massacre of up to 300 Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee Creek. The museum's gift shop features books, Indian gifts, and self-guided tour maps to the massacre site.
    • 2 National Grasslands Visitor Center, 708 Main St., +1 605-279-2125.

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    • 1 Wall Drug, 510 Main St (main exit off the interstate), +1 605 279-2175. 6:30AM-6PM daily. In 1931 the store's entrepreneurial owners, Ted and Dorothy Hustead, had the idea to give away free ice water for passing motorists. They started to put up signs and billboards along the highway showing the distance to Wall Drug. These signs have since been spread around the world. It is joked that based solely on the billboards, future archaeologists will probably consider Wall Drug to be the most important building on the North American continent. From this seed of signs and billboards grew the tourist attraction that Wall Drug is today: giftshops, museums, restaurants, and of course the original drug store. Get a bumper sticker while you're there; it's the mark of a true cross-country traveler. Free (includes ice water and bumper sticker). Wall Drug (Q7962595) on Wikidata Wall Drug on Wikipedia
    • 2 Dahl's Chainsaw Art, 518 Glenn St. This branch of the touristy local chain marks its presence with the Giant Jackalope Sculpture, a towering 42 ft (13 m) wooden cryptid complete with a staircase to an observation deck.

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    Free Ice Water at Wall Drug

    There is free ice water available at Wall Drug.

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    Go next

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    Wall is 9,333 miles from the South Pole.
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