Granite giants loom. Animatronic dinosaurs grin. From the pulpit of presidents to a prairie burger shrine, South Dakota surprises at every turn. What does a day packed with awe, kitsch, and Cold War ghosts reveal about American memory? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary, “Tourist Traps to Timeless Landscapes,” and see how one family’s adventure moves from an eternal American rite of passage to an arcade frozen in time past to the land that time forgot.
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