If you watch action movies there's a very good chance you've seen director John McTiernan's work. He also spent nearly a year in a South Dakota prison.
Hundreds of novels are published every year. Those books are often set in exciting places like space or the future. Sometimes they take place in amazing locations like London, Tokyo, or even Omaha. And a few books are even set in South Dakota! And some of those are not by Laura Ingalls Wilder.