The Strangest Tourist Trap in South Dakota - Wall Drug Store
A visit the Wall Drug Store in South Dakota . An institution in wacky tourist traps . The billboards start nearly 300 miles away along the interstate . Such a fun place
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so thirsty I'm parched I need water so
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thirsty must be somewhere out here that
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has ice-cold h2o must have hydration
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just a drop or a tiny couple they've
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done too late' don don don don da
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yes yes yes yes
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welcome everyone out of the whoo here to
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South Dakota zone wall drug one of the
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oddest convenience stores anywhere with
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enough billboards stretching down the
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interstate for over 300 miles I had to
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check it out and I have free water let's
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go inside join me
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Terry I shall you in we go oh my
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goodness I like it already
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how you doing partner get a seat right
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next year are you lonesome
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I don't know company look watch old
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cowpoke Pete Chrysler customized Danny
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for you go ahead drop it in and then
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make your selection you're gonna look
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now that's a good choice let me get to
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cranking that custom penny out for you
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when it's work now partner it's a brand
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you ever hear double giddy being crushed
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by a man drop a little coin in the corn
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swap below I already did I already gave
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you I already gave you 75 cents I
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already did
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you already gave it to me it's right
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here it has a Jackalope engraved in it
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ma'am do you like my Jackalope coin
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ma'am
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mammal is just like walking through the
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Old West
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in fact this section is known as cowboy
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alley and look up there are you looking
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at them too that's right there's an
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overload of annual Zoltar come on I
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wasn't expecting to see you here this is
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Wild Bill Hickok and he's just tempting
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you he's just waiting he wants you to
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sit on that saddle he's daring us I'm
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not gonna do it you are you kidding not
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with him standing there inside these
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doors is a traveler's chapel dedicated
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to the priests and ministers who have
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served on the wall of the badlands since
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1909 a copy of the Bible here on the
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pulpit if you've had a hard day on the
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road and need to get away from it all a
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little quiet time this would be the
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place to do it and this place isn't just
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a clever name there is an actual
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drugstore still opened all these years
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later even have some of the old medicine
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bottles this guy's still hangin our out
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what are you doing up there down this
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hallway is the huh stead pictorial the
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family that owned and operated and
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started this fine establishment that's
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all there's a lot of photos down here
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the United States isn't the only place
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you could find a wall drugstore sign
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this one was taken in Shanghai China and
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this one in Japan they're everywhere oh
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no
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don't look now billy the kid' look at
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the terror on his face he realizes the
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sheriff has got a keen eye on him watch
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him Sheriff he could be up to no good
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you never know what Billy is thinking
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look at these eyes no one knows what's
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behind those eyes zoo my friend have
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acheived mustache goals and I'll give
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you a little advice
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if someone comes up a no-good bounty
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hunter shoot first
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those guys were staring at me is this a
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rabbit standing on its two hind legs I
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think it's a rabbit it could be the
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white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland I
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found I found the white rabbit here in
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what they call the backyard are some
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serious photo opportunities but I'm
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going to take full advantage of right
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now kind of hold on for dear life he's a
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wild one
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he's a wife this stagecoach boom it's a
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little too bumpy of wild ride for mine
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for my case oh there's no one driving it
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was a Ghost Rider hey George just out of
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the open elements under the awning is a
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stuffed bison that way he doesn't get
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rain or snow on him but you still get
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some get some fresh air I thought it was
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just the front buildings upon arrival
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but there's an entire other section back
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here above those horses are some
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raccoons wearing mining helmets and
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right there is the old mine and there's
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a guy pushing the minecart see him down
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in there he's working hard he's got the
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shifty eyes he's God does that shifty
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eyes that Pappy but he's sitting right
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next to the old man and his mule so I'll
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let it slide don't make eye contact
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don't don't make eye contact me hey
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they're the last people other than me
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just exited which makes me the last
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human being in here it's all stuffed
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creatures and animatronics and me come
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in and look around alright I will
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Oh what's up fellas don't get too close
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to the spittoons the poker game is in
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full effect hey come on put the gun down
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but put the gun down over here appears
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to be a singing cowboy as I may enter
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closer I expected him to start playing
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the guitar then I realized the cord has
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been
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frayed and dismembered from the wall he
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only knows how to play on one string his
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hand is missing fingers in this one has
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been completely unattached you're right
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you okay buddy
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you okay hey seriously though what would
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we do if you just started busted out a
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jingle you're waiting for it to happen
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like I thankfully gotta say goodbye
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partner and make our way down yet
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another hallway filled with photographs
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lots and lots of photographs Cowboys
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place well come on in to the branding
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iron
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arcade we got ourselves a shooting
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gallery
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oh my god I gotta go gotta get that
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snake come on snake you're mine you're
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mine
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snake God come on snake hey my shootin
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ain't the only disappointing thing the
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dino is napping temporarily out of order
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no that's a good thing or a bad thing is
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that thing could pack a punch if it
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clamped down on me well I count my
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blessings they just say it's a good
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thing he's napping stepped inside the
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gift shop now and there are a lot of
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Jackalope heads boy two dozen Jackalope
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heads lining the walls for a hundred and
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nineteen dollars you can get an
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authentic one or for a little less
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expensive a cute cuddly less terrifying
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one oh my goodness what happened here
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someone's in a body bag who could it be
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wait dr. feelgood what happened the
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medicine doctor has expired if they're
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taking a break check out the orchestra
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in the front of a souvenir department I
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guess I'll have to settle for that this
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one's working it's working he's taken
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the lasso and spinning it around his
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torso and this dog is scratching himself
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look they're singing there see well
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except the except the bearded Sheriff
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but the rest of them are seeing he's got
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an accordion the guy on the end he's got
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a fiddle guy on the far left he doesn't
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have an instrument to play so he's just
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waving he's the official band waiver
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I love this so much that chickens lay in
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an egg and these snakes have had some
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died behind the fence has the best view
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I stepped outside to get this through
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the window shot the guy behind the fence
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kind of reminds me of the home
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improvement dude
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hidey-ho neighbor hidey-ho neighbor and
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now it looks as a quartet the quartet
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are now moving heck yeah the wolves are
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trying to so there's even something
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popping out of the ground the wolves are
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attempting to carry a tune while that
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little groundhog pops up seeing it
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fellas singing fellas
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beautiful I like how this guy just just
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keeps on going even though there's a
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skunk right next to his arm and a bear
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he just keeps on keeps on playing while
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they serenade gonna look around more of
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the gift shop don't be alarmed
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this is not real feces this is a frisbee
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nice assortment of magnets including the
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free ice water one I think I might
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actually purchase might purchase this
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one how many places can you look at a
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bison while shopping the health and
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beauty aids for real when's the last
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time you saw an elk right above a hair
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dryer this is Bill one of the owners
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Bill us Ted and right next to his photo
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is a statue that looks a lot like him
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right next to the bar just standing next
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to the bar putting out the vibe that's
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gonna do it for today from wall drug in
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