Sioux Falls, South Dakota Attractions

Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Sioux Falls and the surrounding area.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

Buffalo Ridge Ghost Town (1880 Cowboy Town)
Buffalo Ridge, South Dakota
Animated characters creak to life to tell their stories of the Wild West.
Porter Sculpture Park
Montrose, South Dakota
Fanciful junk art statues, including a 40-foot-tall horse and 60-foot-tall, 25-ton bull head.
Concrete Outline of USS South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
The most decorated battleship of World War II is an outline on a lawn dotted with salvaged parts.
Devil's Gulch: Jesse James Jumped Here
Garretson, South Dakota
Legendary leap for a legendary law breaker.
Nutcrackers of Luverne
Luverne, Minnesota
The Luverne town museum has more nutcrackers than the town has people (pop. 5,000).

Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of South Dakota attractions.

Montrose: Porter Sculpture Park
Garretson: Devil's Gulch: Jesse James Jumped Here
Sioux Falls: Replica Statue of David [tips]
Sioux Falls: Tornado Beam, Teddy Roosevelt Car
Sioux Falls: Large Cow [tips]
Sioux Falls: Muffler Man: Mr. Bendo [tips]
Sioux Falls: Concrete Outline of USS South Dakota
Harrisburg: Abby Normal's Museum of the Strange [tips]
Buffalo Ridge: Buffalo Ridge Ghost Town (1880 Cowboy Town)
Valley Springs: Stand on Three States: Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota [tips]
Canton: Asylum for Indians Marker and Grave [tips]
Luverne: Nutcrackers of Luverne
Jasper: Outdoor Collection of Windmills [tips]
Pipestone: Big Peace Pipe [tips]
Pipestone: Concrete Water Tower [tips]
Pipestone: The Old Stone Face [tips]
Madison: Car Lot White Buffalo [tips]