Rutherford B. Hayes Death Stare And Other Great Stuff In South Dakota

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I came to South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore, but that wasn’t all I saw. Here are a few other favorites.

To start: move over, Luigi. Here’s RUTHERFORD B HAYES DEATH STARE. Part of the “City of Presidents” statues in Rapid City.

a wax statue of Richard Nixon talks into a microphone
Richard Nixon ROCKS THE MIC at the National Presidential Wax Museum in Keystone. 

A bunch of presidents' heads in tall vertical boxes with windows in front of the heads (!)
Presidents in boxes at the National Presidential Wax Museum in Keystone. From left to right:James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan.

A statue of William Taft prepares to throw a baseball
Just call him Fireball Taft. Part of the “City of Presidents” statues in Rapid City.

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