Recently Reviewed Hotels around De Smet

• Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial
  "Great place to vist"
  "Full of wonderful facts. I love how you go from building to building and each building has it's own theme."
• Ingalls Homestead - Laura's Living Prairie
  "Wonderful, friendly staff. Aimed at children"
  "I grew up reading the Little House books (I'm now in my 40's) and looked forward to stopping here to see my memories from the books come to life. Although the location is exactly where Laura and her family lived, the buildings are all reproductions, except the school house, which is an actual schoo..."l building from the period, but not the actual one that Laura went to. It was still a lot of fun to see how Laura and her family lived. As I said, I'm in my 40's and it was just me and my husband visiting the homestead (we don't have children). I found that the attraction is really aimed at children - with activities to make corn husk dolls, rope, etc. I have to admit, even though it was meant for kids, I went ahead and made a corn husk doll and rope! :) I think the staff is the real bonus of this attraction - they were all extremely nice to us and made our visit even more enjoyable. The young man who ran the covered wagon ride was especially friendly and nice! If you are an adult, wit... " More >
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial
  "Worth the drive"
  "Yes, we drove about 12 hours so I could visit the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial, and it was worth it! The exhibit in the main house was full of information & exhibits that even the biggest fan wouldn’t know about the Ingalls family. My husband has never read the books or seen the TV show, but he l..."iked it as well. We took the tour, and our tour guide was so nice, informative and answered all of our questions. The gift shop was full of local souvenirs. I bought a prairie style hat and apron hand made in De Smet. I’m so glad we made the trek out to the prairie to see this. " More >