The Rushmore View RV Park and Campground is located adjacent to the Magnuson Grand Rushmore View hotel in Keystone. A view of Mount Rushmore is available from the main parking lot and check-in area. It is within walking distance to shopping, restaurants, and attractions. This seasonal RV park offers full-service, pull-through or back-in, shaded sites along Grizzly Creek. Amenities include a shower house and guest laundry. It is a pet-friendly property.
Whether it's a family vacation, convention, meeting, group tour, athletic event, or pheasant hunting trip, the Mitchell Convention and Visitors Bureau is here to help. While in Mitchell, experience the World's Only Corn Palace, Prehistoric Indian Village, Dakota Discovery Museum, McGovern Legacy Museum, and the Carnegie Resource Center. Make new memories in Mitchell - the ones we remember from road trips past, now lay ahead for the whole family. Visit our office 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
The downtown Brookings Cottonwood Coffee was the original coffeehouse, built in 2006. Since then, we have served exceptional coffee and managed to become an integral part of the surrounding community. Staffed by knowledgeable and friendly baristas, you can find anything here from a handcrafted shot of espresso (roasted in the same building) to real fruit smoothies. From-scratch baked goods are brought in daily and the lunch and dinner menus boast a wide variety of sandwiches, soups and other fresh, delicious options. We are open seven days per week and our hours are 7 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday through Saturday.
Located in downtown Brookings, the Antique Gallery Mall is a multi-dealer antique mall with quality antiques and a friendly atmosphere. You'll find two levels for reminiscing and treasure hunting, an awesome variety of depression and elegant glassware, primitives, farm, furniture, vintage clothes, comic books, books, jewelry, Victorian, mid-century, re-purposing, and more. We are open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Located in Stockholm and operated by the Grant County Historical Society, the Ag and Tractor Museums contain an outstanding collection of machinery, tools and vehicles used by pioneers. Also included are an early-day depot, farm repair shop, country kitchen with original furnishings, and a linotype printsetter. There is also an open-sided building with early farm machinery, jail cells and an 1879 claim shanty. The museums are open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays, mid-May through September. See our website and Facebook page for updates and special events.
The Grant County Historical Society developed a buggy museum in 2021, with the doors opening in the summer of 2022. Currently, we have a total of 22 buggies, carriages, sleighs and a gorgeous hearse, all completely restored or fine originals. Located in Stockholm in northeastern South Dakota, the museum is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays, mid-May through September. See our website and Facebook page for updates and special events.
The Grant County Historical Society established their first museum in Milbank by leasing the 1905 Carnegie Library in 1974, later purchasing the building in 2007 from the Grant County Commission. Today, the Grant County Historical Museum is open by appointment only. Arrangements can be made by calling the phone number listed, using the email address or through our website. Other Milbank museums include the 2016 Dolen-Justice Memorial Museum, the 1884 Historical House, and the 1876 Amsden Country School. Additional GCHS attractions include the Buggy Museum and the Ag & Tractor Museums in Stockholm and The Brown Earth Church northeast of Stockholm.
1st Fridays on Main in Mitchell is held the first Friday of each month, 5-9 p.m., May through September (May 2, June 6, July 4, July 31, and September 5, 2025). Event goers will enjoy live music, food trucks, vendors, activities and games for both adults and children. This free event is held around the Corn Palace Plaza in downtown Mitchell, corner of 6th Avenue & Main Street. (July 4 hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. July 31 is a Thursday and is the Palace City Pre-Sturgis Party.)
Schmeckfest is an annual festival held in the southeastern South Dakota town of Freeman. The gathering uses food, art and a celebration of community to honor the history of Germans that emigrated from Russia. Held on the campus of the Freeman Academy, it’s been a fundraiser for the school every spring since 1959. The ethnic German meal, served family-style, and the community musical take place over two days each spring, in March or April. Admission information and complete details can be found online.
Events at the annual Twin Brooks Threshing Show include quilting, lead pouring, blacksmithing, sanctioned Kids Pedal Pull, tractor pull, threshing and baling, as well as horse demonstrations, saw mill demonstrations, log cabin, school house, flea market, homemade food and music. There are parades both days, 1 p.m. on Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Cockshutt Farm Equipment is featured in 2025, our 39th annual show. Weekend admission is $10 for adults and free for children under 12. Souvenir buttons are available.
