About Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, South Dakota is famous for its Buffalo Ridge or Cowboy Ghost Town, the Prairie Star Gallery, Sioux Empire Medical Museum, The Thomas Kinkade Sigature Gallery and the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science.

Among the tourist hot spots are The Great Plains Zoo, Falls Park, The Carnegie Building, Great Bear Recreation Park, The Outdoor Campus, Sertoma Butterfly House and the Sioux Falls Trolley.

Other places of interest in Sioux Falls, South Dakota are the Center for Western Studies, the Delbridge Museum of Natural History, Historic Downtown Sioux Falls, the Old Courthouse Museum, Pioneer Lane, and the Sioux Valley Genealogical Society.

Tourists enjoy a tour through St. Joseph Cathedral, The Pettigrew Home and Museum, the USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial, the Kirby Science Discovery Center at the Washington Pavilion and the USGS EROS Data Center.

Other Sioux Falls attractions are Ceramics by You, Christmas in the Attic, Commando Paintball, Heartland Country Corn Maze, Prairie Fired Pottery, the Sioux Empire Fair and the Sioux Falls Arena.

Visitors of Sioux Falls also venture to Sioux Falls Convention Center, Siouxland Libraries and W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds.

Among the area’s galleries are the Eide/Dalrymple, Horse Barn Arts Center, Mears Library, Northern Plains, Prarie Star Indian Art Gallery, Rehfeld’s Art & Framing, and the SculptureWalk.

Sioux Falls stage arts include the Husby Performing Arts at the Washington Pavilion, Orpheum Theater, The Olde Towne Dinner Theatre, Theatre Augustana and Bare Bodkins Theatre, University of Sioux Falls Theater Department and Wells Fargo CineDome Theater.

Sioux Falls sports teams include the Canaries, Skyforce, Spitfires, Stampede and Storms. The area golf courses include the Bakker Crossing, Central Valley, Elmwood Park, Minnehaha Country Club, Northern Links, Prarie Green, Spring Creek Country Club, Inc., Westward Ho Country Club and Willow Run.

Hunters venture to Circle H Ranch for its pheasants. Adventure park enthusiasts attend Grand Fun Alley or Thunder Road Family Fun Park. They also frequent Catfish Bays Greatest Show on H20, Cloud 9 Balloons, Huset’s Speedway, Jesse James Pontoon Rides and Wild Water West Waterpark.

Bowlers enjoy the lanes at Eastway Bowl, Empire Bowl, Sport Bowl and Suburban Lanes. The area’s movie theaters are Carmike Cinema 7, Century Theatres and West Mall 7.

Swimming opportunities abound in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. For example, tourists like the atmosphere of Arr