Top Attractions in North Dakota

North Dakota Essentials

North Dakota’s landscape features the eroded badlands of Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the state’s highest point at White Butte. Frontier history is preserved at Fort Union, Fort Buford, and the brick structures of Fort Totten, while the Art Deco State Capitol and Dakota Zoo anchor the capital city. The region is also defined by massive roadside landmarks, including the 2,063-foot KVLY-TV mast and the oversized sculptures of Salem Sue and the World's Largest Buffalo.

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Theodore Roosevelt National Park is an American national park of the badlands in western North Dakota comprising three geographically…

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Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park

Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park is a North Dakota state park located 7 miles south of Mandan, North Dakota, United States.

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State Capitol Building

The North Dakota State Capitol is the house of government of the U.S. state of North Dakota.

World's Largest Buffalo

A 26-foot-tall, 60-ton concrete sculpture named Dakota Thunder, standing since 1959 at the Frontier Village.

Fort Union Trading Post

A reconstructed National Historic Site that served as the primary fur-trading post on the upper Missouri River between 1828 and 1867.

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Fort Buford State Historic Site

Fort Buford was a United States Army Post at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers in Dakota Territory, present day North…

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Dakota Zoo

The Dakota Zoo is a zoo in Bismarck, North Dakota located on the banks of the Missouri River. It is the third zoo built in North Dakota.

National Buffalo Museum

A museum dedicated to the American bison, featuring cultural exhibits and a live herd that includes rare white bison.

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White Butte

White Butte is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of North Dakota.

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KVLY-TV mast

The KVLY-TV mast is a 2,063-foot-tall television-transmitting mast in Blanchard, North Dakota.

Salem Sue

The world's largest Holstein cow, a 38-foot-high fiberglass statue erected in 1974 on a hill overlooking Interstate 94.

Fort Totten State Historic Site

A well-preserved 19th-century military post and former Indian boarding school featuring 16 original buildings dating back to 1867.

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