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The Strangest Tourist Trap in South Dakota - Wall Drug Store

Date: April 24, 2018 Duration: 11m 54s
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 Help Fuel The Woo http://www.patreon.com/adamthewoo
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0:18 so thirsty I'm parched I need water so
0:18 thirsty must be somewhere out here that
0:21 has ice-cold h2o must have hydration
0:27 just a drop or a tiny couple they've
0:29 done too late' don don don don da
0:34 yes yes yes yes
0:38 welcome everyone out of the whoo here to
0:41 South Dakota zone wall drug one of the
0:46 oddest convenience stores anywhere with
0:50 enough billboards stretching down the
0:52 interstate for over 300 miles I had to
0:54 check it out and I have free water let's
0:59 go inside join me
1:08 Terry I shall you in we go oh my
1:08 goodness I like it already
1:11 how you doing partner get a seat right
1:14 next year are you lonesome
1:16 I don't know company look watch old
1:29 cowpoke Pete Chrysler customized Danny
1:32 for you go ahead drop it in and then
1:34 make your selection you're gonna look
1:39 now that's a good choice let me get to
1:42 cranking that custom penny out for you
1:44 when it's work now partner it's a brand
1:50 you ever hear double giddy being crushed
1:52 by a man drop a little coin in the corn
1:56 swap below I already did I already gave
1:59 you I already gave you 75 cents I
2:04 already did
2:10 you already gave it to me it's right
2:10 here it has a Jackalope engraved in it
2:12 ma'am do you like my Jackalope coin
2:15 ma'am
2:21 mammal is just like walking through the
2:21 Old West
2:22 in fact this section is known as cowboy
2:26 alley and look up there are you looking
2:30 at them too that's right there's an
2:32 overload of annual Zoltar come on I
2:38 wasn't expecting to see you here this is
2:40 Wild Bill Hickok and he's just tempting
2:44 you he's just waiting he wants you to
2:48 sit on that saddle he's daring us I'm
2:53 not gonna do it you are you kidding not
2:57 with him standing there inside these
2:59 doors is a traveler's chapel dedicated
3:03 to the priests and ministers who have
3:05 served on the wall of the badlands since
3:10 1909 a copy of the Bible here on the
3:13 pulpit if you've had a hard day on the
3:15 road and need to get away from it all a
3:16 little quiet time this would be the
3:19 place to do it and this place isn't just
3:21 a clever name there is an actual
3:24 drugstore still opened all these years
3:28 later even have some of the old medicine
3:30 bottles this guy's still hangin our out
3:33 what are you doing up there down this
3:35 hallway is the huh stead pictorial the
3:40 family that owned and operated and
3:42 started this fine establishment that's
3:44 all there's a lot of photos down here
3:48 the United States isn't the only place
3:50 you could find a wall drugstore sign
3:52 this one was taken in Shanghai China and
3:54 this one in Japan they're everywhere oh
4:00 no
4:01 don't look now billy the kid' look at
4:04 the terror on his face he realizes the
4:07 sheriff has got a keen eye on him watch
4:12 him Sheriff he could be up to no good
4:15 you never know what Billy is thinking
4:19 look at these eyes no one knows what's
4:23 behind those eyes zoo my friend have
4:25 acheived mustache goals and I'll give
4:28 you a little advice
4:29 if someone comes up a no-good bounty
4:32 hunter shoot first
4:39 those guys were staring at me is this a
4:39 rabbit standing on its two hind legs I
4:43 think it's a rabbit it could be the
4:46 white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland I
4:48 found I found the white rabbit here in
4:50 what they call the backyard are some
4:52 serious photo opportunities but I'm
4:55 going to take full advantage of right
4:57 now kind of hold on for dear life he's a
5:00 wild one
5:01 he's a wife this stagecoach boom it's a
5:06 little too bumpy of wild ride for mine
5:08 for my case oh there's no one driving it
5:13 was a Ghost Rider hey George just out of
5:18 the open elements under the awning is a
5:21 stuffed bison that way he doesn't get
5:23 rain or snow on him but you still get
5:25 some get some fresh air I thought it was
5:27 just the front buildings upon arrival
5:29 but there's an entire other section back
5:33 here above those horses are some
5:36 raccoons wearing mining helmets and
5:40 right there is the old mine and there's
5:43 a guy pushing the minecart see him down
5:45 in there he's working hard he's got the
5:48 shifty eyes he's God does that shifty
5:53 eyes that Pappy but he's sitting right
5:57 next to the old man and his mule so I'll
6:00 let it slide don't make eye contact
6:02 don't don't make eye contact me hey
6:07 they're the last people other than me
6:10 just exited which makes me the last
6:13 human being in here it's all stuffed
6:18 creatures and animatronics and me come
6:21 in and look around alright I will
6:23 Oh what's up fellas don't get too close
6:27 to the spittoons the poker game is in
6:30 full effect hey come on put the gun down
6:33 but put the gun down over here appears
6:36 to be a singing cowboy as I may enter
6:39 closer I expected him to start playing
6:42 the guitar then I realized the cord has
6:45 been
6:46 frayed and dismembered from the wall he
6:48 only knows how to play on one string his
6:50 hand is missing fingers in this one has
6:53 been completely unattached you're right
6:58 you okay buddy
6:59 you okay hey seriously though what would
7:04 we do if you just started busted out a
7:05 jingle you're waiting for it to happen
7:10 like I thankfully gotta say goodbye
7:17 partner and make our way down yet
7:21 another hallway filled with photographs
7:24 lots and lots of photographs Cowboys
7:29 place well come on in to the branding
7:34 iron
7:35 arcade we got ourselves a shooting
7:38 gallery
8:01 oh my god I gotta go gotta get that
8:01 snake come on snake you're mine you're
8:04 mine
8:04 snake God come on snake hey my shootin
8:12 ain't the only disappointing thing the
8:14 dino is napping temporarily out of order
8:19 no that's a good thing or a bad thing is
8:22 that thing could pack a punch if it
8:24 clamped down on me well I count my
8:26 blessings they just say it's a good
8:28 thing he's napping stepped inside the
8:30 gift shop now and there are a lot of
8:33 Jackalope heads boy two dozen Jackalope
8:37 heads lining the walls for a hundred and
8:40 nineteen dollars you can get an
8:41 authentic one or for a little less
8:44 expensive a cute cuddly less terrifying
8:47 one oh my goodness what happened here
8:50 someone's in a body bag who could it be
8:54 wait dr. feelgood what happened the
9:01 medicine doctor has expired if they're
9:06 taking a break check out the orchestra
9:08 in the front of a souvenir department I
9:11 guess I'll have to settle for that this
9:14 one's working it's working he's taken
9:17 the lasso and spinning it around his
9:19 torso and this dog is scratching himself
9:22 look they're singing there see well
9:26 except the except the bearded Sheriff
9:28 but the rest of them are seeing he's got
9:32 an accordion the guy on the end he's got
9:33 a fiddle guy on the far left he doesn't
9:37 have an instrument to play so he's just
9:38 waving he's the official band waiver
9:43 I love this so much that chickens lay in
9:46 an egg and these snakes have had some
9:48 died behind the fence has the best view
9:50 I stepped outside to get this through
9:52 the window shot the guy behind the fence
9:54 kind of reminds me of the home
9:57 improvement dude
9:58 hidey-ho neighbor hidey-ho neighbor and
10:00 now it looks as a quartet the quartet
10:03 are now moving heck yeah the wolves are
10:06 trying to so there's even something
10:07 popping out of the ground the wolves are
10:09 attempting to carry a tune while that
10:11 little groundhog pops up seeing it
10:14 fellas singing fellas
10:26 beautiful I like how this guy just just
10:26 keeps on going even though there's a
10:28 skunk right next to his arm and a bear
10:30 he just keeps on keeps on playing while
10:33 they serenade gonna look around more of
10:36 the gift shop don't be alarmed
10:37 this is not real feces this is a frisbee
10:42 nice assortment of magnets including the
10:44 free ice water one I think I might
10:47 actually purchase might purchase this
10:51 one how many places can you look at a
10:53 bison while shopping the health and
10:56 beauty aids for real when's the last
10:59 time you saw an elk right above a hair
11:03 dryer this is Bill one of the owners
11:06 Bill us Ted and right next to his photo
11:10 is a statue that looks a lot like him
11:13 right next to the bar just standing next
11:16 to the bar putting out the vibe that's
11:19 gonna do it for today from wall drug in
11:21 South Dakota not just to store but an
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