605 Magazine

When owner Chris Kenzy established Terry Peak Chalets, experience and luxury were at the forefront of his mind. From customized living spaces to the ski-in, ski-out feature, Kenzy left nothing out when creating these immersive cabins that offer more than just a place to...

https://youtu.be/JT0G44woNGo In what seemed like fate, 605 decided to hit pavement in early March to experience the team's annual road trip during the winter season before many businesses shut their doors. Here is your guide to (finally) getting out of the house to enjoy the...

As I sit here in the early hours of the day, watching Little Baby Bum and doling out Pop-Tarts Bites, it dawns on me that in an unprecedented turn of events, I have become a stay-at-home mom. When I made the transition from full-time employee to freelance writer,...

Emily Braun of the Brookings Convention & Visitors Bureau (a.k.a. Visit Brookings) is part of the team who are “tourism and event enthusiasts.” They’re also pretty big fans of Brookings, and show the community through images on Instagram or day-to-day updates on their Facebook (along with plenty of...

MAY FEATURED BREWERFernson Brewing Fernson Brewing Company beers are for sharing. "It's a concept we try to bring through in multiple ways," said Fernson marketing manager Evan Richards. The Sioux Falls company, which has a brewery and a downtown taproom, does this with collaborations with other breweries...

Peering through the window of Nonna's Kitchen, which opened on New Year's Day in Spearfish's historic John Wolzmuth building on the corner of Main Street, you'd think the place ought to have a doorbell. Darren and Nancy Manzari spent months converting the 125-year- old sandstone building from a...

While the “Wild West” and Wild Bill Hikock tend to go hand-in-hand with Deadwood, Deadwood Mountain Grand (DMG) took a different approach with its branding. “We focus on the music. It’s what we’re known for best with our event center,” said chef and food and beverage director Aaron Richards. When visitors...

Chandeliers, bean bag chairs, and fresh-cut flowers. These aren’t the usual tenets of camping, but with the glamping experts at Beneath the Pines in Spearfish, this is all part of the aesthetic. Beneath the Pines started with owner Katie Hobson’s love of camping. “We have three kids, and it gets to...

Twenty-eighteen was a year of change for Maddie Peschong of Maddie Peschong Photography. After six years of “side hustling” with her photography business, she left her marketing career and went full-time. The next year was full of growth and expansion, including launching her business podcast, Take it Personally,...

Kasi Haberman has been with Visit Yankton for almost four years, promoting the town's many amenities, such as its vast outdoor recreational sites and the NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Complex, which is the world's largest archery complex. She's so passionate about the state (and...