Long ago when my family made a cross country drive, I remember seeing signs all along the way saying "Wall Drug 850 miles" and so on. Many cars with bumper stickers bragging about visiting Wall Drug. But I don't remember ever stopping there.
But this time, we did. I read up on the history of the store online.
You can check it out here.
After visiting the Badlands, we spent the night in Wall, SD and visited Wall Drug the next day. Chris kindly walked over first thing in the morning and brought back some of their homemade donuts and breakfast rolls. They only make a limited number of the rolls and he got the last one. My hero.
Yum! And quite a sugar buzz.
Once we loaded up on sugar, we both walked the two blocks to the famous Wall Drug. It's a large building with several interconnected stores and then a section where the different stores have separate entrances. But they are all Wall Drug and whatever you pick up in along the way can be paid for in any of the stores.
The first area was rather disappointing with poor quality cheap touristy things. Mugs, key chains, fake snakes, that sort of thing. Another section was a real drug store with meds, first aid stuff and a pharmacist.
After that, things got more interesting. Beautiful cowboy boots, fancy cowboy hats and other leather goods. Other areas had gemstones, jewelry and Christmas ornaments. I bought an inexpensive pair of earrings.
In addition to the homemade donuts and breakfast rolls, they have ice cream and a lunch counter that looked like it served sandwiches and pie.
I don't think there was much at Wall Drug that we couldn't have seen or found elsewhere, but they have become such a tourist attraction it was fun to finally see it for ourselves.
World's largest Otter located in a park about half a mile from our campground. World's best husband standing next to him for perspective and because it's fun to have your picture taken w/a giant otter. Fergus Falls is the county seat of Otter Tail County and the Otter Tail River flows through the county and beyond. All the way to Canada, we've been told. Or it flows here from there, more accurately. 
Giant loon in Vergas, MN. Actually the species is called the Vergas Loon. The other loon is Chris. He's a loon lover. 
Giant clothes pin. I don't know why. 
Giant coffee cup at same location (random gas station along the road) as the giant clothespin. 
World's largest Walleye, Wahpeton, ND> 
The passport had divided the US into about 9 different regions with background information for each region and areas for stamps. 
At each national park, usually in the visitors' center, you'll find a place where you can use rubber stamps to mark your passport for free. Each place usually includes a picture depicting the park, plus a cancellation like the post office uses with the name of the park and the date you visited. In my stamp above for the Badlands there's also a stamp marking the 100th Anniversary of the park. Other than the cost of the passport (and any admission fee for the park) the stamps are free. 
You can also purchase stamps or stickers for the different parks. Here you can see my reproductions of the official stamps for Mount Rushmore and Devil's Tower. These each cost about $1.75, so it's a fun and inexpensive way to keep track of your visits. 
I also splurged and bought this sticker and description of Devil's Tower. There are lots of spaces so I think I'm safe in using extras for Devil's Tower. 
