North Dakota Travel Guide
Badlands in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
North Dakota's draw is Theodore Roosevelt National Park: the Badlands where Roosevelt ranched in the 1880s, with bison, wild horses and prairie-dog towns. The South Unit's loop road and the North Unit's cannonball concretions are the highlights.
The Enchanted Highway's giant scrap-metal sculptures run 50 km off I-94. Fargo's downtown and the Scandinavian Hjemkomst Center round out the state.
Destinations in North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National ParkThe South Unit loop, wild horses, the Maltese Cross Cabin.- Knife River Indian VillagesThe reconstructed Hidatsa earthlodge village.
- Enchanted HighwayThe 50 km sculpture road ending at the Geese in Flight.
- FargoBroadway's theatres, the Plains Art Museum, the woodchipper (yes, really).
- Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead (MN line)The Viking ship replica and the Hopperstad stave church.
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Top Cities & towns in North Dakota
Regional food
- Knoephla soup (the German-Russian dumpling soup)
- Lefse (the Norwegian potato flatbread)
- Fleischkuekle (the deep-fried meat pastry)
Getting there
Fargo (FAR) and Bismarck (BIS) are the gateways. The Badlands are a 5-hour drive west of Fargo; Medora is the park gateway town.