| One the greatest American pastimes is shopping. Whether you enjoy window shopping, buying knickknacks as a tourist, shopping online, or simply walking the local mall, there is something for everyone. Shopping has become central to our way of life, with brand names like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger covering everything from perfume to designer jeans. First-rate shopping is easy to find with stores like Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, and Bloomingdale’s in malls across the nation. The Mall of America is the nation’s largest, sporting a huge food court, an indoor amusement park, and shopping for all ages. A simple pair of jeans can turn into a day’s project, presenting choices like loose-fit versus boot-cut, flared versus tight, low-rise or the classic fit? Online shopping simplifies your search with websites like buyerdom.com and shopzilla.com, and the every popular Ebay. Magazines like Lucky Magazine and Domino Magazine feature online and local shopping guides from home décor to date night apparel. The Fashion Editor is one of the largest online fashion and trend setting guides, offering advice on the latest styles, the fashion industry, and famous stylists. It’s not just the ladies that find shopping addicting, with AskMen.com featuring monthly fashion and shopping question and answers. Of course, most men would rather be seen at the nearby Lowe’s or Home Depot for home fix-ups and furnishings instead. Sporting goods, electronics, and entertainment are big among most, and feature venues like BestBuy, RadioShack, and Sports Authority. After a long day, Barne’s & Noble and Borders are popular bookstores offering comfy chairs for shoppers to peruse their books in luxury before purchasing. With so many shoppers and so much to buy, yesterday’s purchases are quickly passed on to consignment shops and secondhand stores like Name Brand Exchange, sold at rummage sales, or donated to The Salvation Army and Goodwill. South Dakota is famous for its open prairie, free-range livestock, friendly folks, and interesting history. Deadwood is known for its renowned mining towns and the famous historical characters who passed through over the years, including Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Calamity Jane, and many others from the American Old West. The town of Clark is not only the Potato Capital of South Dakota, but it also hosts the best, and probably only, mashed potato-wrestling contest around. And the city of Sturgis is home to the Black Hills Classic Motorcycle Rally where bikers from all across the US come together to rev their engines and compare their classic custom bikes. For recreation seekers, Custer State Park has over a thousand free-roaming buffalo, while Badlands National Park is known for its unique formations of buttes, pinnacles, and spires. The city of Sioux Falls is also famous for its cascading waterfalls, a product of the Big Sioux River. However, South Dakota is most famous for the awe-inspiring Mount Rushmore, the world’s greatest mountain carving achievement, where the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln keep a towering and watchful vigil over this great land of ours. And as progress continues, the Crazy Horse mountain carving will soon share a comparable spotlight. These truly are sights to behold, so be sure to bring your cameras. After all the sightseeing, and a drink at a local saloon of course, what could be better to top off a tour of South Dakota than a good old fashioned rodeo at Crystal Springs Ranch rodeo arena? South Dakota, Deadwood, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Calamity Jane, Badlands, Crazy Horse, Mount Rushmore, Crystal Springs, Custer, Sturgis window shopping, online shopping, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Marni, designer jeans, perfume, Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Mall of America, loose-fit jeans, boot-cut jeans, flared jeans, low-rise fit, classic fit, buyerdom.com, shopzilla.com, Ebay, Lucky Magazine, Domino Magazine, The Fashion Editor, fashion industry, AskMen.com, Lowe’s, Home Depot, home fix-ups, Barne’s & Noble, Borders, Amazon.com, RadioShack, CompUSA, BestBuy, Sports Authority, consignment shops, secondhand stores, Name Brand Exchange, rummage sales, The Salvation Army, Goodwill, sporting goods, electronics, furnishings, home décor
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