Wall Drug
Wall Drug is located in Wall, South Dakota. The name refers to the pharmacy store that has been there since the early 20th century. Wall Drug attracts thousands of people every year with its preserved history of the plains, including Native American history.
Wall Drug began as a family owned drug story in the small town town of Wall South Daota, located on I-90 on just at the edge of the badlands. Failing, and desperate for customers, the family began offering free ice water to vacationers crossing the hot and dusty prairie, and business started to take off. They hired more workers and added a gift shop and sideshow attractions started to spring up on their own. Today Wall Drug is an enormous mall complex, with a huge gift shop, homemade donuts, homemade ice cream, an old fashioned soda fountain, a twenty foot high jackalope statue, and an authentic restaurant that offers buffalo burgers. Wall Drug can see up to ten thousand people come and go on a good summer day. Most of the attractions are summer-based though, and the winter season is very slow.
Wall is an hour east of Rapid and the trip there goes right past the Badlands. Tourists could make a day trip by touring the badlands before or after visiting Wall Drug.
Wall Drug is located in Wall, South Dakota. The name refers to the pharmacy store that has been there since the early 20th century. Wall Drug attracts thousands of people every year with its preserved history of the plains, including Native American history.
Wall Drug began as a family owned drug story in the small town town of Wall South Daota, located on I-90 on just at the edge of the badlands. Failing, and desperate for customers, the family began offering free ice water to vacationers crossing the hot and dusty prairie, and business started to take off. They hired more workers and added a gift shop and sideshow attractions started to spring up on their own. Today Wall Drug is an enormous mall complex, with a huge gift shop, homemade donuts, homemade ice cream, an old fashioned soda fountain, a twenty foot high jackalope statue, and an authentic restaurant that offers buffalo burgers. Wall Drug can see up to ten thousand people come and go on a good summer day. Most of the attractions are summer-based though, and the winter season is very slow.
Wall is an hour east of Rapid and the trip there goes right past the Badlands. Tourists could make a day trip by touring the badlands before or after visiting Wall Drug.