See antelope, elk, bison, bear, Prairie Dogs, giant Crazy Horse Memorial underway for 30 years, Mount Rushmore, and amazing rock weathering and erosion.
The southwest edge of South Dakota is a tourist’s dream. Since the rest of the state is a little flat and unspectacular, both our trips are in the southwest. You begin in Hot Springs, 53 miles south of Rapid City, and drive thirteen miles north on U.S. 385 to the entrance of Wind Cave National Park. It is seventeen miles straight through Wind Cave and Custer State Park to U.S. 16 Alt., but you might want to take the Wildlife Loop Road for the twenty-mile ride around Custer Park. The Prairie Dogs, bear, antelope, elk, bison, and other woodland friends are out waiting for you. Turn west on Route 16
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The Sakakawea Trail is 115 miles, beginning in Washburn and finishing in Grassy Butte. Majority of the drive is on Route 200A and Route 200. The journey starts just south of the 178-mile-long Lake Sakakawea. Start this momentous drive by taking a brief side trip and drive west from Washburn on Route 17 to Fort Mandan, where the explorers Clark and Lewis wintered. It was during the winter of 1804-1805, while residing at Fort Mandan, that the explorers added Toussaint Charbonneau and his wife to their group as translators. Charbonneau’s wife, a young Shoshone christened Sakakawea, provided priceless assistance as a translator to Clark and Lewis for several years. As you tour this part of the country, you can find many places named after the Shoshone translator, as well as Lake Sakakawea. 
This 27-mile picturesque drive through part of the Keweenaw Peninsula offers the beauty of the Michigan countryside and the luxury of an all-weather, well-maintained and black-topped highway. Starting in the town of Phoenix, this gorgeous stretch of U.S. 41 takes you through a number of recreational, natural, historic, and scenic sites. Along this route you will find an underground copper mine tour, an original 1850s General Store, and two roadside parks that offer a nice perching area for viewing the wonderful surroundings. 
A century past, the Midwest United States brought Americans from a period of horse and buggy to the modern age of the automobile. Like its northern neighbor, Michigan, the state of Indiana spawned the growth of several hundred automobile nameplates during those early years. Many evolved along a corridor that linked South Bend to Auburn, Indiana. Serving as the drive train between the two cities is U.S. 20, a 62-mile stretch of weathered and cracked 2-lane referred to by Hoosiers as the “Avenue of the Classics.”
This 105-mile, 2-1/2 hour route winds through wildlife refuges, prairies, marshes, and Gulf shoreline in southwestern Louisiana and is a favorite of birding and shelling enthusiasts. The leisurely drive is best accomplished fall through spring, and insect repellant is extremely recommended. The drive takes off from Sulphur, just west of Lake Charles on I-10. Its name is taken from the huge mineral deposits found in a nearby salt dome. Going south on Route 27, it goes across the Intercoastal Waterway and passes Calcasieu Lake. Beyond the bridge, the landscape changes dramatically to a brackish tidal marsh, followed by oil fields and a shipping channel. It then continues on through Hackberry where many shrimp boats crisscrosses Calcasieu Lake.