Even crazier than the idea of putting president's heads on a mountain is the Crazy Horse Memorial. The project is the vision of a Polish-American sculptor who worked on Mount Rushmore. The goal is to carve a mounted Crazy Horse more or less out of a mountain. It is *much* bigger than Mount Rushmore. The face was finished after 50 years of work. I expected it to be a little sad, but it is actually pretty vibrant in a weird way. They are not at all interested in government money and are trying to make/raise all the money privately. There is a huge Native American museum and lots of stuff going on. There are laser light shows at night. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Horse_Memorial for more info. I found the place genuinely interesting.
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