Deadwood, a historic South Dakota town, was recently included on HGTV's list of the most charming small town downtowns.

Larry Eliason, executive secretary for the South Dakota Commission on Gaming, said Deadwood has to look vintage from the outside in keeping with the city's historic past. But inside, all bets are off.

In its heyday, the gold-mining town of Deadwood, S.D., nestling in a steep-sided gulch in the Black Hills, was a brawling, ripsnorting oasis of 25,000 people, pungent with gunsmoke and ribaldry.

Credit: South Dakota Tourism With its neat ... I instead browse the gift stores, with their vintage Deadwood T-shirts and Old West-style cowboy hats, and duck into quirky joints like Wild Bill ...

Larry Eliason, executive secretary for the South Dakota Commission on Gaming, said Deadwood has to look vintage from the outside in keeping with the city's historic past. But inside, all bets are off.