Wall Drug: Historic South Dakota stop founded in 1931 

I have heard of Wall Drugs, but I didn't know much about it. Thanks for the information.

Thanks for taking me along. Really cool ! Good job! Thanks I Bob

I did not expect so many shops and displays inside. Pretty unique. 👍☺

I've been to wall drug twice, once in 1980 when I was 12 with my parents and once in 2017 with my children 13 and 15. Things had changed in the 37 years between visits. However both were enjoyable for different reasons. Thank you for your visit and great video.

I love this video. We are adding this place to our bucket list. Cheers y’all.

We just spent 4 days there. Super cool history and attraction. The RV Park was right across the tracks from it. Lots of great History in South Dakota..

So enjoyed this video..have never been there,so this was my look see through your eyes...doubt if I'll ever get that far west in my lifetime..thanks bunches for the ride. out to South Dakota..

It does remind me of Knott's . thank you nice place .looks fun 😊

We spent a month in Box Elder, in 2014. Wall Drug was a definite stop on one of our many day drives. There was a working phone booth in front, and I filmed, with permission, two guys in their early 20s inspecting the booth, as they'd never seen one in person before

Been to Wall Drugs this past spring, and enjoyed it very much. Also had a 5 cent cup of coffee.

I’ve never been there but it certainly looks like and interesting place to take a break during a long road trip. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Another great video Jeff & Sarah, thank you. Long way from home for you guys. Do you know if the family still own the business?

Love that place!!

Very interesting

If I was in the area I would stop and check it out but I would not make a special trip just to go there. Good video but I like your Ca. ones much more.

The world of roadside attractions has changed over the decades and most of them are now gone.

We stopped there in 1978.

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Thank you, Jeff! That was very interesting. My wife and I drove past the exit for Wall Drug back in 2006 on our way to Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. We were in a rush so we didn't stop. As I look back upon that trip, I wish we would have stopped there. Wall Drug is a great American historic attraction. Just think, back in the 30's travelers didn't have bottled water, so an offer of free ice water was a big draw for Wall Drug. Thanks Jeff and Sarah! 🇺🇲🚜👍

Everybody should visit Wall Drug! Such a cool place! Thank you for this nostalgic video☺️

What a wonderful mini empire Ted and Dorothy built! Thanks for taking us along!

Interesting place for sure. The Badlands just south of there is one of my favorite national parks.

Thank You Again Jeff & Sarah. Brought back some good memories for me as my youngest son and I stopped there in July of 2019 on our way to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana. One memory for me…seemed like every other person visiting had the family dog with them. Made perfect sense on a blazing hot day to not leave the pup in the vehicle. So unique and an amazing slice of Americana! Thanks For Sharing 🤲

Thanks for talking us to Wall's, It looks like a heritage site for sure. This is great history content.

My mother grew up on a farm north of Mitchell, SD, home of the Corn Palace. Oddly enough, Mitchell is now the #1 crime city in the state. She helped change the design on the Corn Palace each year.

Me and my family wanted to go there but we broke down in our $1250 rv before making it. Thanks for making the video so I got to see it.

Ive never been there, (Ive never been anywhere lol) but I would like to go one day.Thanks for the tour!

Really enjoyed this one. What a historical gem of classic Americana. I would like to visit South Dakota someday.

Just been through there, we have to park at the 80ft dinosaur with the truck and walk, we really like 1880 town up the road, we were there in 1995 when they were bringing new old buildings in. Great video you always make it interesting. thanks for sharing.

Glad to see the T Rex still live and well lol. Been 1996 since my wife and I and several family members went to Pukwana from Oregon for a family reunion and stopped at Wall drugs.Thanks for the tour it brings back memories.

We started to see signs for Wall Drug and free ice water up in Minnesota when we were traveling across country in the summer of 1972 and my mom decided we should go there and see it I remember the chickens playing a piano to get food it was funny great days for a 14 year old we ended up moving to Hill City So Dak that same year

This Video Reminds me of a Back to the Future Game That you can Play Right on your PC' and its Like Watching 5 Movies 😁 and Speaking of Badlands' Have you Been on the Road NW of Worland Wyoming ??? its Like Being in the Badlands of South Dakota' Only That its FREE and Nobody will Charge you Money when Entering the Badlands Either' and 15:28 Reminds me of a Beatles Song from 1969...

I visited South Dakota from the UK in May 2018, during that time we went to Wall Drug and very much enjoyed it. Thank you Jeff for this video as it bought back many happy memories.

Wow Jeff that was so cool. If I remember, my grandparents took us there when we traveled west to California. My little brother was eleven & I was 14. The year was 1976. Walls drugstore was neet to see & the whole part of the Dakotas to Montana. Thank you for fond memories as a young boy. 👍👍👍👍👍🤠🇺🇸

Thanks for the video. It brings back many memories. My family was from there. My grandmother remembered when the Husteads came to town. She worked there as well as my mother, aunt and numerous of my cousins. I went back there a few years as a teenager and worked for Ted, Dorothy, Bill and Rick as well. The reason many things were closed when you were there was that college was back in session. The Husteads hire a bunch of college kids from all over the US so the have summer jobs to help get them through college. They have dorms for them to live in all over town. The pay wasn’t amazing but wasn’t bad either. At winter break you usually got a really nice bonus, just in time to help with Spring semester of college. To answer your question Bill was a Pharmacist as well as Ted. The cowboy engraved on his stone is because it he was one. He belonged to a cowboy group called the Buckaroos with a couple of my uncles. In the boot store at the Wall Drug there used to be all of Bill’s old worn out boots.

Zoltar sounds Russian! Thanks Jeff for showing us this drug store. It reminds me of Dooleys Hardware Mart on Long Beach Blvd. in Long Beach, CA during the 1960s and 1970s. I noticed that you had visited there one month ago and then inside that one shop there was a Christmas tree displayed. I guess in the midwest they also do the same thing they do out here in California; start Christmas early. I noticed with that tank in World War II it was a knocked out Tiger tank and someone put a Wall Drug sign on it.

Enjoyed the vid. We drove past Walls Drug Store on our way to Mt. Rushmore. We saw all the advertisements about Walls before we headed that way. I figured it would be like a super duper size "Stuckeys", which had hundreds of road side stores, primarily in the South and Southeast US.

Such a great place to visit and ever better to work at. I miss living in Wall and I really miss working at the Wall Drug

"Where the hell is Wall Drug?"

I live about 30 miles east of Wall. I like going there and just walking around.

As a truck driver, I've probably passed over a million signs for Wall Drug, yet this is my first visit!

Mount Rushmore is on my bucket list maybe one day we'll stop in.

I love the cheesy tourist traps you seen on road trips through the USA. The cheesier, the better, and this place might be about the cheesiest I have seen.

My parents and I stopped here in 1958!! They were driving across the US from Boston to San Francisco with me in the back aged about 6! I still have the slides of us sitting in a covered wagon and me on a painted horse!!! Changed a lot in the passing years!!

50 years ago in the summer of 1972 my wife number 1 and I drove west in a new single cab, non air-conditioned 2 wheel drive pickup truck. I'll never forget all the road signs advertising "Wall Drug". We most assuredly stopped for free ice water but we had some of the very best fountain soft ice cream I've ever had. I bought a "tin star" sheriff's badge as a souvenir. I've never been back but Wall Drug is etched deeply in my memory. Thanks for posting and bringing back good memories!

I meet Mr hustead when I work for mount Rushmore park blue bell loge then a range wall drug I love it 1991 to 1998

I was at Wall Drugs in 1991, I think. I was bass player for Jeannie C. Riley. (Harper Valley PTA) She was in a parade. We had a good time there.

I was there about 1970 as a kid traveling with my parents to Montana, then back to Minnesota. It was fun, I remember the chapel and the drug store itself. If you ever get through northern Minnesota stop in Grand Rapids. Birthplace of Judy Garland. There is a museum and even a yellow brick road. Thanks for sharing this video.

Great Stuff Jeff, I was waiting for Doris Day to appear and start singing “the black hills of Dakota” in the old stagecoach. 😂👍

Cool History! Never been up there.

Hello Jeff, Thanks for sharing your vacation video to South Dakota and story on Wall Drugs Store. Safe Travels

What a cool legacy posting those signs. We were on a motorcycle trip several years ago and we passed by many of those signs but unfortunately we didn’t stop. I wish we had now! Thanks for the great video.

Entertaining video, I’ve been there several times, the first when I was a little kid in about 1946. I don’t remember the free ice water but what a great idea before air conditioning.

Nice visit to their graves. They built an enduring and enjoyable slice of Americana. Great video Jeff!

Actually the farthest sign in United States is 535 miles away in Dows Iowa

I always enjoy your videos but wasn't really into this one. It's was interesting how one can promote sales.

Thanks for another history lesson. Ten years I bought a bunch of old postcards telling/showing the history of the City of Newark, Delaware to my cousins as a memorial to our grandparents. I'm 3 0 yrs older than they are and am amazed by how much has changed as well what hasn't changed since my grandparents started their lives together as one & the same goes for me. I'm grateful for videos, the time it takes to produce them, and keeping history alive💞😀

Great video thank you !

I was haunted by the grave of the young Hustead boy so I had to look to see what happened to him. Here is text from the Huron (SD) Daily Plainsman newspaper: "Wall Man Dies. (Wall) A Jon Patrick Hustead 21, Wall, was killed early Saturday in a one vehicle rollover 13 miles southeast of Wall. The accident occurred when a pickup truck went out of control on a gravel road and rolled about 2 45 am. Saturday." So sad he died so young and missed out on the rest of his life. He was born just a year before I was. I visited in the late 60s before I-90 was finished. I believe the highway that traveled through South Dakota in this place was US Highway 16. I never really cared for Wall Drug. I didn't like that the cowboys were made to look so stupid. Some of it was kind of nice and I, like you, was reminded of Knotts Berry Farm.

Been there! Can’t wait to see the video! Look forward to it every week! Thanks Jeff!

I had never heard of Wall Drug. Thanks for telling the story.

Another great video. My husband and I are hoping to go to SD next year.

Interesting. Thanks.

I went through Wall Drug in 1984 . On my new Harley Davidson Softail. Going to Sturgis.

Hi Jeff! We missed you last weekend! Coffee just wasn't the same without HH. This explains why! Great video as usual. Safe travels my friend!

I was there recently Aug 16th. My 82 yr old dad called it a tourist trap. We ate bison burgers but I’m not sure it was bison. It filled the gut. My favorite stop in there was the drug store. We then went to another site called the corn palace after driving though badlands. You should check that one out.

We stopped there back in '01 while driving a new fire engine from Appleton, WI to Auburn, WA. I wish we could have spent more time there. It's one of those legendary places that I was always curious about. Thanks for taking us along...

Darn Jeff- you were in my back yard . Moved here after I left Tracy, ca. glad you had a good time but sad I missed you

Great memory for me. I've been there once. In summer of 1980, I rode my BMW r750/7 motorcycle cross country from California to Newport News, VA (and back) and stopped into Wall, with many "free water" signs before it. Back then, as you know, water was not that easily accessible as it is today. I still have a 6"×6" cardboard sign that says, "WALL DRUG". I also stopped at Mt. Rushmore, and that Chief monument, and the Corn Palace among many other sites along the way. What a memory and an accomplishment for a young me at that time with hardly any money.

Awesome! A video in the middle of the week! That place looks huge. Thanks for sharing Jeff!

Everyone needs to visit Wall drugs at least once in their lives, We loaded up our 3 young children back around 1997 or 98 and headed for Mt Rushmore, we stopped at Wall drugs, what I remember most about the trip is, " Are we there yet? " LOL! it had to be one of the Longest drives of our lives. also, the place still looks much like it did as I remember it. Thank you for taking me on another great vacation. For some reason, we did not take any family pictures there.

Great vlog. Thank you for this middle of the week episode. This episode was very inspirational. Now to the coffee

I think that looks to be a wonderful place to visit as an Australian I would be so happy to see all the Americana. Great Video Jeff.

There is wall drug signs all over the world.

I’m from Greybull and found it odd there was a sign so far away. Last I was at Wall Drug was 2021 and I’m glad we stopped in. However, I felt it was a very oversold tourist attraction. I will stop again if passing by but probably wouldn’t go there specifically.

Thanks for posting! This brought back memories for me from my childhood road trip. Happy to see the T-Rex is still there. lol

That was a great video, I have never been there, but my Wife has many times as a child on family vacation. Plan to visit there when the gas prices go down or I inherit an oil well. We always have a preconceived notion that places we visit as a child or young adult will always remain the same, but only in our memories. Jeff and Sarah you do a wonderful job restoring precious memories for your viewers and new ones for those of us that will probably not be able to visit these historical sites. Thank You Ron and Cindra

It was fun to see you do a video out of California! Looks like a fun road trip. We enjoyed your stop in South Dakota. Cant wait to see your next stop. :) Enjoy your trip!.

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I've always wanted to stop, but it's never on my route to/from North Dakota, from either Albuquerque, or California. Looks a lot like Virginia City!---My Dad's nickname was OOP, taken from the comic strip!---Thanx so much for this stop, it's likely I'll never get there myself.

Zoltar 05:02 was featured in Big (1988) with Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin and directed by Penny Marshall (R.I.P.)

Thanks for the tour! I’m 67 and live in NJ but was there in 1969 as a 13 year old on a trip to visit a friend I had met at camp the year before. We drove across the state, from their home in Sioux Falls to visit Rapid City for a few days and stopped at Wall Drugs. I really had no memory of the place until you walked in and I recognized the hallway with shops on either side! I look forward to June 2024 when my hubby and I will be taking a tour of some of those sights I recall as a 13 year old. It will be interesting to see how my perspective and the scenery has changed in the past 50 plus years.

Jeff, been there in 1967, on our way to California. I also recall the old coin operated mechanical animals but remember Zoltar. We also stopped at Mount Rushmore, Cody National Park & the newly started Crazy Horse tribute. The arm stretched out was what we saw. American Bison abounded. Nice memories & Wall Drug Store was fun. Thanks & blessings.

I was there in 1972 & then again in 2006. After driving mile after mile of nothing but prairie grass & old buffalo wallows, I was sucked in by the billboards advertising Wall Drug practically every mile or so advertising 5¢ coffee, fudge, moccasins, food, cowboy hats, etc. After seeing the billboards for what seemed like hours, I felt like I just had to stop. Was not disappointed & it was a refreshing break from driving on a hot, sticky day. The place hadn't changed much 34 years later either.

I'm Jackie, I've been watching your videos for 4 years, but missed the last few years, Normally, I watch on TV w/ apple device which doesn't let me comment. Today I had to flea bomb the house then watch on my computer while waiting in the garage. I lived in Mariposa from 1987 to 2005 and enjoy your travels to places I remember, but most never been to. Thanks

Thanks for the Video! You do a great job! I'm a lifetime resident of South Dakota. I never though of visiting the Husteads Graves? Wall Drug is a consumate part of a Journey to, or from, the Black Hills.

Glad to see a “Zoltar”. Makes me want to make a wish that I was “Big”! In the late 70”s they offered free breakfast to military members in uniform along with free coffee. There were several missle silos in the area. Ellsworth AFB is just west of Wall Drug..about 50 miles…they have a GREAT Air Museum that’s right outside the main gate. Cheers

Jeff - I just found this story as I was going back thru the youtube's I missed while on vacation,. I rode my Honda 450 thru S. Dakota back in 1972 but missed this spot. Did you get me a couple of the flat pennies ? They must have a machine or two around the grounds. I have one book full but don't travel as much any more.' As old as I am now I don't fall for buying any of the dust catchers but always look for the penny machine.

Thank you for this thoughtful thorough tour. It took me to their website since I've never traveled. I'm in Queens NY 1,667 miles away or 1 day and 1hour away. I wish you mentioned who owns it now. I will research it

Thank you for sharing the Husteads story. Going to have to add it to my bucket list. Been to Mt. Rushmore. Missed this. Jeff Thank you for sharing!

We've been to Wall Drug a few times. Found new things every time. Amazing to think free ice water and nickel coffee. No AC back in those hot dusty days.

My wife and I were at Wall Drug in 1999 as we drove from Tennessee to Montana. I was surprised by the size of the complex once inside, thought it was cozy and creative for sure.

Hello Jed glad to see your doing well! Where was Sara? Not use to seeing you without her! I’ve been to walls drugs back in 1983 when I was about 12 years old. I’m 50 yo now it’s been awhile ago since I’ve been there. I have memories of Walls Drug I do remember getting a cold mug of homemade root beer. I recognized a few things in your video but not much. Thanks for another great video. Stay safe stay healthy

I was.....underwhelmed during my visit. The food was awful, there wasn’t anything to do or see. The people were friendly though.

The last time I was in South Dakota we drove by Wall Drug but didn't stop as it was so crowded. Our timing was bad as it was too close to the Sturgis Rally. My favorite place to visit in the area is Custer State Park in the Black Hills. The Buffalo Round Up is just a couple of weeks away. I always wanted to see that. Maybe next year. If you make it as far as northwest Iowa there's a wonderful family owned movie theatre in Sibley, Iowa called the Max Theater. It is definitely worth a visit!

Thank you, Jeff! I've not been to Wall Drug, Wall, South Dakota. Loved the video!

I was there years ago as a teenager. A veryb small place but loved it. My husband & I went there in 2014. Was nice but the way I fee its like everything else today tooo much of a tourist trap. But loved your video. I think from watching it we missed few things. But was so crowded the summer we were there in 2014. As always great job done.

Was there in 1982. I still have the souvenirs from that time. I was stationed at Ellsworth AFB back then just outside of rapid city

Hello Jeff and Sarah. I’m just now getting caught up on your road trip. At 16:16 you had a great pun and didn’t catch it. While standing in the cemetery you said “there was not a soul in here but us.” Lol. I’ve never been to Walls but it’s on my list. Great job as always. Safe travels.