No Asylum Here
By Denise DePaolo
Photos by Liz Painter
Fittingly, Guy Burdick’s life took a sharp left turn on a Halloween night about eight years ago. The lifelong lover of spookiness...
The Spirits Of The Forest Are Calling This Fall
By Natalie Keller
As the leaves change color and fall to the ground, state parks near Sioux Falls are offering Halloween and fall-themed hikes before Jack Frost comes...
History and Hauntings Abound on Hotel Tour
By Kinsey Gustafson
Savoy Schuler and Bryce Brinker are the founders and guides of the ghost tour in arguably the most haunted hotel in the Midwest. That would...
At Home with Nick Patton
Modern, stylish, and thoroughly functional. Those descriptors fit Nick Patton’s Rapid City loft-style apartment to a tee. Located right next door to the historic Hotel Alex Johnson,...
Quiet Kids Get Loud: Why The Kickback’s “Sorry All Over The Place” Needs To...
By Austin Kaus
Photo by Jim McFarlane
Billy Yost can be a nice guy.
In conversation, he’s self-depricating. He jokes about poverty and Muppet obsessions but, underneath the Alpha Flight...
By Its Cover: Trends in Wine Labeling
By Kara Sweet
We have all heard the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We are inundated with clichés and fables reminding us to look under...
Pet(s) of the Month: Charlie and Macy
These 11-year-old German Shepherd mixes have been best friends since birth, and must find a forever home together. They are a friendly pair that likes other dogs...
The Real Deal: Maren Jensen
By Jordan Smith
Photos submitted
Maren Jensen started her blog, Midwest in Style, in February to bring a little style to the prairie. After leaving her job as a...
Defining Design
By Leah Vanden Bosch
The exposed, skeleton structure, original brick walls, and clean interior lines of the Sioux Falls Design Center have you unconsciously thinking about design before...
At Home With Betty Beer
By Denise DePaolo
Photos by Liz Long
On a peaceful, lilac-dotted property, just south of Brookings, is the 4,800 square-foot ranch-style home of Better Beer. Betty, a retired attorney-turned-painter,...
The Creative Capital of the North
By Denise DePaolo
Photos submitted
Stunning strides in creativity exist in seemingly unlikely places. For example, a small city in South Dakota surrounded by farmland and gravel roads and...
