Cosmos Mystery Area Admission
Overview
Inclusions
- Local guide
- Entry/Admission - Cosmos Mystery Area
What to expect
The mystery house located within the Cosmos of the Black Hills was discovered in 1952 by two college students who were looking for the perfect place to build a summer cabin. Here, the laws of logic and physics seem to be turned upside down as you feel a slight unbalance in this crooked old cabin.
Admission includes a 30 minute guided, interactive tour where you will be amazed as you see water run uphill, can stand on a wall, and see other incredible optical illusions. The tour consists of various demonstrations that are designed to boggle the mind.
Located just minutes from Rapid City and Mount Rushmore, The Cosmos is sure to astonish and amaze the mind.
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Not wheelchair or stroller accessible
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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The Cosmos Mystery Area is a blast! The entire family had a great time on the tour of the area's unique oddities. Our guide Taylor was funny and fantastic, and made sure that everyone enjoyed themselves. ! I would recommend the tour to anyone looking for a fun family-friendly activity. Our young ...
The Cosmos Mystery Area is a blast! The entire family had a great time on the tour of the area's unique oddities. Our guide Taylor was funny and fantastic, and made sure that everyone enjoyed themselves. ! I would recommend the tour to anyone looking for a fun family-friendly activity. Our young girls also enjoyed the geode mine. I am very glad we chose to visit the Cosmos Mystery Area!This was really a fun and worthwhile excursion. Very interactive. If you get motion sick, I recommend taking a non-drowsy Dramanine before the tour. You won't be on a boat or anything, but may experience some vertigo during the tour. This was definitely out of the ordinary experience. Not...
This was really a fun and worthwhile excursion. Very interactive. If you get motion sick, I recommend taking a non-drowsy Dramanine before the tour. You won't be on a boat or anything, but may experience some vertigo during the tour. This was definitely out of the ordinary experience. Not like anything I have ever done before. I'm glad we went! Plus it's in the Black Hills and was nice to get some fresh forest air for a little bit.So I remembered coming here as a kid with my grand parents. It has not changed much except that now the tour guide really tries to sell this weird gravity lie and story about college students. It is a pretty good optical illusion with fun displays. But as a science teacher I was really bothered t...
So I remembered coming here as a kid with my grand parents. It has not changed much except that now the tour guide really tries to sell this weird gravity lie and story about college students. It is a pretty good optical illusion with fun displays. But as a science teacher I was really bothered that they kept lying to my young girls who I actually had to explain that gravity doesn’t work that way. Even sadder many of the adults left thinking that it was true ( a sad state for American education :(Yes, I knew going into this, it really has to do with optics/illusion, but still piqued my interest. I read about dizziness and such on the reviews, but that didn’t apply to me. Or, did it? Yes, it did. Now I know why there was someone else waiting for their group to finish the tour before we...
Yes, I knew going into this, it really has to do with optics/illusion, but still piqued my interest. I read about dizziness and such on the reviews, but that didn’t apply to me. Or, did it? Yes, it did. Now I know why there was someone else waiting for their group to finish the tour before we headed out. I’m older, so that may have something to do with it, but I could not finish the tour, as I felt so disoriented. Thankfully, there were handrails. We bowed out half way through the tour. Still felt dizzy a half an hour later. I can’t discredit the place. Even though we didn’t get the whole experience, it was still a cool experience. The kids in our group had a blast! Probably too much fun, as some little rug rat (lol) kept running and falling into me. The other (younger) adults in our group had fun as well. Not sure why the address is listed as Rapid City. It is just outside of Keystone.This is truly a DON'T MISS attraction in the Black Hills! We made a last minute decision to take the tour ( 10 adults and 2 kids ages 8, 10) - it turned out to be one of everyone's favorite stops! Crazy, weird, but fun place! Tour takes about 20 min or so and our guide was delightful! It does me...
This is truly a DON'T MISS attraction in the Black Hills! We made a last minute decision to take the tour ( 10 adults and 2 kids ages 8, 10) - it turned out to be one of everyone's favorite stops! Crazy, weird, but fun place! Tour takes about 20 min or so and our guide was delightful! It does mess with your head - and create kind of a sea-sick feeling - did have one member of our group step out because she was a little nauseated, but all in all - a very interesting experience! Bought a bag of Cosmos Mining Co Gem Mining dirt (the Lucky Strike bag size) from the shop to take home for some little neighbor girls to sift through - unbelievable number of different rocks were found in it (24 I think in all) - what a great idea for rock lovers! Be sure to check this place out! WORTH IT!Cool experience but not for young kids under 5, we had 2 kids that ere upset and cried the whole time. Guides are nice and personsble
Cool experience but not for young kids under 5, we had 2 kids that ere upset and cried the whole time. Guides are nice and personsble