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

Off the Beaten Path

by Robin McMacken

Dedicated to travelers with a taste for the unique, these easy-to-use, state-by-state guides will help readers discover the hidden places that most tourists miss -- shining the spotlight squarely on the offbeat. If it is funky, funny, little known, or out of the way, it will probably be found in Off the Beaten Path "RM."The Off the Beaten Path "RM" series covers every state in the United States plus Washington, D.C., the Maritime Provinces, British Columbia, Quebec, and Puerto Rico and select cities such as Boston and Chicago.

Encounter the world's only Corn Palace in Mitchell, where thousands of bushels of corn, wheat, grain, and grasses are used to create beautifully decorated mosaics. Take part in the annual Fort Seward Wagon Train, in which participants dress up in pioneer costumes during a one-week wagon train reenactment. Uncover North Dakota and South Dakota's best-kept secrets.

Genres: Travel

208 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Really a 3.5)
Ah, Robin, you are not my fav off the beaten path editor of all time. My guess is that you travel alone or with another adult, and this is a bit different than my approach.

Two suggestions were particularly challenging for us: The Aroma Coffee Shop in Bismark and Lake Metigoshe... One too grown up, and the other far too over developed.

Maybe you need to revisit Icelandic State Park too...

But, in general, the ideas and history, particularly that of South Dakota has been of great interest to us as we've seen so much of the Dakotas this summer. We even learned things about the town where we live.

[Zoe · Rating 3 out of 5]

if only my yoghurt hadn't exploded all over this-it belongs to the library