Badlands N.P.

This is called bentonite. It is a combination of volcanic ash, clay and silt. When it rains, the bentonite absorbs the water and can expand to 80% its size and gets really, really slick.

Bad...Drug...Palace

September 7th 2008
Wall, South Dakota: gateway to the Badlands. More importantly, home of Wall Drug. To steal a saying from the 1000 Places to See book, "Like ZsaZsa Gabour, Wall Drug is famous for being famous." It all started way back in the Great Depression, when this small town drug store was struggling along with the rest of the country. In order to bring in more people, the owners got the bright idea to ad ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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