Badlands National Park is full of geological oddities, but the 1.5-mile-round-trip Notch Trail is one of the best treks in the South Dakota park. There's something distinctly eerie about the Badlands.

From the breathtaking peaks of the Black Hills to the rugged beauty of the Badlands, South Dakota is a hiker’s paradise waiting to be explored. Our guide to the top 10 hiking trails in South ...

The closest major airport to Badlands National Park is in Rapid City, South Dakota. From there ... at the Pinnacles Overlook and sunrise at Big Badlands Overlook or Door Trail. Summer is the park’s ...

This New Mexico off-the-beaten-path wilderness offers a serene escape that looks like the Utah hoodoos and the Dakota ...

A "Homecooking" sign, perched on the side of a gravel road in southwestern South Dakota, stops me ... buttes draw 900,000 people a year to Badlands National Park, the heart of the landscape.

This rental cabin in South Dakota is the perfect base camp for visiting underrated Wind Cave National Park and the rest of ...