Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society

South Dakota


Right in town, the fussy and frilly complex that's home to the society paying homage to the Little House on the Prairie author runs tours. They include two original Wilder homes – the one where the Wilders spent the first winter in 1879 and the home Michael Landon, er, 'Pa,' later built.


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