Black Hills

In second season, S.D.’s only child-free luxury resort finding its niche

By Pigeon605 Staff | November 5, 2025

In its second season, South Dakota’s first child-free resort hit its stride – with a full calendar, destination restaurant and new additions on the way.

South Dakota’s Restaurant of the Year pairs fusion-inspired food with unlikely location

By Pigeon605 Staff | July 17, 2024

From a 30-seat restaurant in the Black Hills, these entrepreneurs are gaining statewide and major industry recognition.

New Black Hills gated community will replace former ski resort with homes, massive tubing park

By Jodi Schwan | September 27, 2021

The slopes at Deer Mountain Ski Resort have been empty for years – but not for much longer. Keating Resources, a fifth-generation family business on the Nebraska border just south of South Dakota, purchased the […]

Inside ‘the most luxurious Airbnb’ in South Dakota

By Jodi Schwan | March 3, 2021

Here’s an email worth saving: “It just said, ‘You guys have been voted the No. 1 place in South Dakota. Feel free to share it.’ ” That’s how John and Kaylee Koch learned their rental […]

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