Lounges

Deadwood, South Dakota

Deadwood is one of America's most extraordinary historic entertainment destinations — a gold rush boomtown where Wild Bill Hickok was murdered (shot in the back while holding aces and eights, the "Dead Man's Hand"), Calamity Jane lived, and Wyatt Earp dealt cards. Deadwood's extraordinary Wild West heritage (it is a National Historic Landmark) and its legal gambling (legalized in 1989) create a cocktail lounge culture of genuine American frontier historical significance.

Main St, Deadwood, SD 57732

Deadwood, South Dakota

First Gold Hotel & Gaming is one of Deadwood's most atmospheric casino-hotels — a full-service property on Main Street offering casino gaming, hotel rooms, and a lounge with nightly live entertainment. The property's historic building and premium location in the heart of Deadwood's pedestrian entertainment zone make it a cornerstone of the city's casino hospitality offering.

270 Main St 57732

Deadwood, South Dakota

The Silverado Franklin Historic Hotel & Gaming is Deadwood's most atmospheric gaming hotel — a beautifully restored Victorian grand hotel on Main Street dating to 1903 that combines casino gaming, an opulent lobby bar, and live entertainment in the most historically immersive setting in all of South Dakota. The hotel's preservation of its original Gilded Age interior, including a ornate cherrywood bar and pressed tin ceilings, makes the Silverado Franklin's lounge an essential stop for visitors seeking to experience the authentic grandeur of Deadwood's frontier gambling heritage.

709 Main St 57732

Hot Springs, South Dakota

Hot Springs is South Dakota's most beautifully preserved Victorian town — a natural hot springs community in the southern Black Hills where the remarkable Mammoth Site (the world's most concentrated deposit of Columbian and woolly mammoth bones), Evan's Plunge (the largest indoor natural warm water swimming pool in America), and the extraordinary sandstone architecture of the downtown create a lounge culture of unique paleontological and architectural historical significance.

North River St, Hot Springs, SD 57747

Lead, South Dakota

Lead (pronounced "Leed") is the former site of the Homestake Gold Mine — the largest and deepest gold mine in the Western Hemisphere, producing 40 million ounces of gold from 1876 to 2002 and making the Hearst family fortune. The Sanford Underground Research Facility now occupies the mine for physics research, and Lead's remarkable gold mining heritage creates a lounge culture of extraordinary American mining history significance.

Main St, Lead, SD 57754

Pierre, South Dakota

Pierre (pronounced "Peer") is South Dakota's state capital — the second-smallest capital city in the United States (population 14,000), where the Missouri River, the remarkable Oahe Reservoir, and the genuine prairie character of the Great Plains create a government town lounge culture of unusual authentic American frontier character. Pierre's extraordinary isolation (it is the only US state capital not served by interstate highway) creates a community of remarkable self-reliance and genuine Great Plains character.

Capital Ave, Pierre, SD 57501

Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City's cocktail scene serves the Black Hills' most important city with remarkable western character — a community where Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Wind Cave National Park, and Custer State Park create the most concentrated national monument landscape in America. The extraordinary Black Hills landscape (considered sacred by the Lakota Sioux people) and Rapid City's remarkable western heritage create a cocktail lounge culture of deep American historical significance.

St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Minerva's is Sioux Falls's most celebrated upscale restaurant and cocktail destination — a downtown institution serving the financial industry professionals who have made Sioux Falls one of the most economically dynamic cities in the Great Plains. South Dakota's extraordinary absence of personal income tax, corporate income tax, and inheritance tax (it is the most tax-friendly state in America) creates an unusual concentration of high-net-worth individuals in Sioux Falls, producing a cocktail market of surprising sophistication.

301 S Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls's cocktail lounge scene has grown remarkably alongside the city's extraordinary economic growth — South Dakota's largest city where the remarkable combination of financial services, healthcare, and outdoor recreation industries creates a lounge market of unusual Great Plains prosperity. Sioux Falls's extraordinary status as one of the fastest-growing cities in the Midwest and its genuine prairie community character create a lounge environment of authentic South Dakota urban vitality.

Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Spearfish, South Dakota

Spearfish is the northern gateway to the Black Hills — a beautiful canyon community where the extraordinary Spearfish Canyon (one of the most scenic drives in the American West, featured in the movie Dances with Wolves), Black Hills State University, and the remarkable outdoor recreation of the northern Hills create a lounge culture shaped by the most breathtaking landscape in the Great Plains.

Main St, Spearfish, SD 57783