Top 10 Places

10. Northern Plains National Heritage Area

• • • Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site
    • Camp Hancock State Historic Site
    • Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park

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9. Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

• • • Awatixa Village
    • Awatixa Xie Village
    • Hidatsa Village Ruin

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8. Dakota Prairie Grasslands

• • • Cedar River National Grassland (ND – USFS)
    • Little Missouri National Grassland (ND – USFS)
    • Sheyenne National Grassland (ND – USFS)
    • Grand River National Grassland (SD – USFS)

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7. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

• • • Fort Union Trading Post
    • Fort Buford State Historic Site
    • Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center

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6. Medora (a small town gem)

• • • Home of the Medora Musical
    • Pitchfork Steak Fondue
    • Rough Riders Hotel

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5. White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (FWS) (formerly known as Sullys Hill National Game Preserve; previously Sullys Hill National Park)

• • • White Horse Hill National Game Preserve
    • Spirit Lake Sioux Reservation
    • Fort Totten State Historic Site

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4. Bismarck

• • • North Dakota Heritage Center
    • North Dakota State Capitol
    • Former Governors’ Mansion State Historic Site

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3. International Peace Garden

• • • International Peace Garden Park
    • Interpretive Centre
    • North American Game Warden Museum

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2. Fargo

• • • Fargo Theatre
    • Plains Art Museum
    • Northern Pacific Railway Depot
    • Mario Mural
    • Greetings from Fargo Postcard Mural
    • Wood Chipper from “Fargo” at Visit Fargo-Moorhead
    • Cass County Courthouse

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1. Theodore Roosevelt National Park

• • • South Unit
      1. Maltese Cross Cabin
      2. Petrified Forest
      3. Scenic Loop Drive
      4. Scoria Point
      5. Painted Canyon
    • North Unit
    • Elkhorn Ranch Unit

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State Info

A) State Nicknames+

• • • The Peace Garden State
    • The Roughrider State
    • The Flickertail State
    • The Sioux State
    • Motto: Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit (Latin: One sows for the benefit of another age)

B) State Symbols

• • • Bird: Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
    • Fish: Northern pike (Esox lucius)
    • Flower: Wild prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)
    • Tree: American elm (Ulmus americana)
    • Grass: Western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii)
    • Fruit: Chokecherry

C) Major Metros

1. 1. 1. Fargo
      2. Bismarck (state capital)
      3. Grand Forks

D) Honorable Mention

• • • The former Verendrye National Monument

E) Famous People

• • • Sacagawea

F) Just for Fun!

• • • Salem Sue