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  2. San Diego Natural History Museum - Wikipedia

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    The San Diego Natural History Museum is a museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1874 as the San Diego Society of Natural History. It is the second oldest scientific institution west of the Mississippi and the oldest in Southern California. The present location of the museum was dedicated on January 14, 1933.

  3. Badlands National Park - Wikipedia

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    Badlands National Park (Lakota: Makȟóšiča [3]) is a national park of the United States in southwestern South Dakota. The park protects 242,756 acres (379.3 sq mi; 982.4 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles , along with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States.

  4. Is Badlands National Park worth visiting? Yes, and here's why.

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    Badlands National Park is located in southwestern South Dakota, east of the Black Hills. It's about 75 miles away from the state's second-most populous city, Rapid City. The nearest major airport ...

  5. List of San Diego Historic Landmarks - Wikipedia

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    SDHL # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Address [2] Designation Date [2] Description [3]; 1: El Prado Area: Balboa Park: 9/7/1967 Long, wide promenade running through the center of Balboa Park, lined with Spanish Revival buildings including the Museum of Us, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, and the Timken Museum of Art

  6. List of museums in San Diego County, California - Wikipedia

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    Located in historic Balboa Park, San Diego and U.S. military history of the Armed Forces Vista Historical Society Museum: Vista: Local history: website: Wells Fargo History Museum: San Diego: History: Located in Colorado House in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, 1850s stage stop and telegraph office Whaley House: San Diego: Historic house

  7. Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota - Wikipedia

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    The county lies entirely within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and contains part of Badlands National Park. It is one of five South Dakota counties entirely on an Indian reservation. [6] The county is named after the Oglala Lakota, a band of the Lakota people. Many of the county's inhabitants are members of this sub-tribe.

  8. South Dakota Highway 240 - Wikipedia

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    SD 240 winding through Badlands National Park, July 2013. SD 240 begins in Wall at exit 110 of Interstate 90 (I-90). It travels south to Badlands National Park, where it turns southeast. At the Badlands Headquarters at Cedar Pass, the highway turns northeast, ending at exit 131 of I-90 near Cactus Flat. Because the highway enters a national ...

  9. Minuteman Missile National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    D-01 and D-09 were candidates for becoming a national historic site because they were both close to a major road (Interstate 90) and to existing recreational facilities (namely, Badlands National Park and Mount Rushmore). As with all sites in the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, both had seen limited modification since they were built in the 1960s.