The Dakotas Off the Beaten Path®: A Guide to Unique Places

by Lisa Meyers McClintick

Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, let The Dakotas Off the Beaten Path show you a side of North and South Dakota you never knew existed. See the house Pa built during the annual Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant in De Smet, South Dakota. Excavate mammoth bones in the Black Hills or spelunk in some of the world’s largest caves. Dance to Norwegian fiddles at North America’s largest Scandinavian festival, or lose yourself in the brilliant splendor of a powwow. So if you’ve “been there, done that” one too many times, get off the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.

Genres: Travel

240 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2015

About the author

An award-winning journalist and photographer with a passion for travel, Minnesota-based Lisa Meyers McClintick has been writing about great destinations across the Upper Midwest and beyond for the past 20 years. As a frequent contributor to USA Today travel publications, Midwest Living magazine and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, she loves the outdoors and adventures, hands-on learning and living history sites, farm stands and local foods, and the quirky discoveries that give each destination its rich character and good stories to tell.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I mean, but really, black and white and not a single picture? It is a travel book....

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good resource for plotting out my September road trip to the Dakotas. It tells about a lot of unique places in both states. Too bad the maps aren't better and that there aren't any photos.

[Matthew Richey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful - gave me ideas for an upcoming road trip I wouldn't have gotten from the web and maps. No pictures, but that wasn't the point of the book for me.

[Richard Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have found the Off the Beaten Path travel books to be uneven in usefulness, but this is a good one. It divides both Dakotas into manageable chunks for planning a trip.