Tuesday, February 26, 2008

108 - Quinn, South Dakota

Just N of Badlands National Monument. Some trivia: Population: 44. Street-wise, Quinn's Quincy St. turns back into Quinn Rd. once you cross Wall Dump Grounds Rd. Google search results returned for "Wall Dump Grounds": 0.

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Quinn is home to the Badlands Observatory, a remotely operated telescope that takes advantage of some of the darkest night skies in the continental USA. The town and the local electric company have even cooperated to make sure that the local streetlights were either removed or rendered non-upwardly-polluting. Pretty cool—small-town astronomy.

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