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Downtown Rapid City

Rapid City, SD
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Ranked #1 of 30 attractions in Rapid City
4.5 of 5 stars 40 Reviews
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Portsmouth
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42 reviews 42 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 May 2012 NEW

Great to see past presidents represented on downtown street corners. We thought Ronald Reagan particularly good.

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2012

Downtown Rapid City features a Presidential Sculpture Walk. The sculptures of presidents are staggered on the corners throughout the downtown area. Prior to starting your walk pick up the booklet containing information about each president and sculpture. It is very enjoying and you get a chance to see the variety of shops in downtown Rapid.

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Greeley
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12 reviews 12 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2012

Downtown is clean with plenty of historic buildings, galleries, and other businesses to keep it interesting for a nice stroll. Perhaps the best part is the bronze statues of U.S. Presidents (four on each intersection).

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Bradenton, Florida
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2012

Good restaurants, friendly people, not too much traffic, interesting statues of the presidents

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2012
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My girlfriend and I went shopping Downtown Rapid City and had such a good time. We had breakfast at Alternative Fuel and enjoyed the Bagel BLT and the vegetable quiche. We spent a lot of time in Prairie's Edge. What a great store! The service is excellent and they even sang Happy Birthday to my friend! One evening we had... More

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Los Angeles, California
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2012

There are more bars in downtown Rapid City than any other place we visited during our cross country trip. It seems that there are 3-4 at every intersection. There is little to recommend in Rapid City. It's a jumping off point for Mt. Rushmore, but I would not recommend it as a destination.

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Granbury, Texas
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012

We were very surprised to find such a unique experience in downtown Rapid City. Every corner of the downtown area has a bronze statue of one of our Nation's presidents. All of our former presidents are represented at some location in the downtown area. We also found to area to be clean, attractive and full of interesting shops and boutigues.... More

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Herndon, Virginia, United States
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2012
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The downtown area is lovely and worth a a few hours going down Main St. There is a great coffee shop at the end called Alternative Fuel

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Redondo Beach
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 May 2012

I would stay here again just to try some of the restaurants we missed out on. They need to bring a few more family friendly shops, but it's really got a lot going on.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2012

A really amazing downtown! Lots to see, lots to do, places to sit and people watch - great entertainment - great shops - great eateries - great people!!

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