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Movie Site Tours

Movie lovers and TV buffs rejoice! South Dakota has quite the stamp in Hollywood, believe it or not. 

South Dakota has "starred" in several major films, the most famous being "Dances With Wolves." Other movies filmed here include "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," "Into the Wild," "Hidalgo," "Head of State," "Armageddon," "Starship Troopers," "Thunderheart," "North by Northwest," "How the West Was Won" and "A Man Called Horse." Just across the border in Wyoming, Devils Tower was featured in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Plus, the wild and wooly, rootin' tootin' Western history of Deadwood was featured in HBO's original series, "Deadwood." And did you ever watch the 2016 hit movie release of "The Revenant," starring actor Leonardo DiCaprio? Well, that's actually legendary tale that took place in South Dakota of Hugh Glass.

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