Rapid City South Dakota CNN Nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota Rapid City is a scenic urban getaway that hasn’t lost its small-town vibe. While it’s the state’s second largest city visitors can explore its greenway museums art and history or indulge in craft beer and increasingly diverse dishes all within a few minutes’ drive walk or bicycle ride. С��則���鵲���巽���巽����Р���Р Р���РР��� Р���Р���С��則���擢���� And the surrounding landscape is home to enough natural and manmade wonders from the Badlands to the Crazy Horse Memorial to keep you busy for a week or more. Historic City of Presidents Rapid City promotes itself as the City of Presidents a nod to its location 24 miles from South Dakota’s most iconic attraction Mount Rushmore National Memorial. https://pravo-35.ru/091124/novosti-lajf-iz-gud-poslednie-novosti-na-segodnya/ Р¶РС��巽皆����Р���Р Р���Р���С��則���擢���� In town locals know summer’s in full swing when tourists are snapping selfies with bronze statues of Harry S. Truman and Richard Nixon. Street corners throughout Rapid City’s historic downtown are home to life-sized sculptures of nearly all US presidents. President Donald Trump’s statue has been unveiled and will be installed in fall 2025 and President Joe Biden’s statue is in progress. The trail of presidents which launched in 2000 is a self-guided experience. The visitor center downtown has a City of Presidents Guide or you can download a digital version to take a walking tour or scavenger hunt. “People love touring and looking at all the statues” said Ally Formanek CEO at Visit Rapid City the city’s tourism office. “It’s a fun and unexpected way to learn about history.” Founded in 1876 by disheartened gold prospectors today downtown Rapid City is a mix of historic landmarks such as the 1928 Hotel Alex Johnson and the 1912 Elks Theatre along with restaurants coffee shops specialty stores boutiques and art galleries that reflect the busy modern city. An indoor aquaponics farm sourdough and gluten-free bakeries a meat market and deli specializing in locally raised beef and a comedy club are some of the new additions to downtown just in the past year.
