Badlands National Park, located in South Dakota, consists of nearly 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States.
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The Flaming Fountain on South Dakota State Capitol Lake is fed by an artesian well with natural gas content so high that it can be lit. The fountain glows perpetually as a memorial to all veterans.
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The Meridian Bridge built in 1924 was the first structure built across the Missouri River in South Dakota.