The collection of Plains Indians artifacts found here at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum is second only to the Smithsonian’s. See displays on the state’s rich military and agricultural history and step back into the time of the dinosaurs. The 19-story Capitol, built in the early 1930s, has a top-floor observation deck.
The largest lake in North Dakota and the largest man-made lake within one state, Lake Sakakawea covers 609 square miles behind Garrison Dam. It’s named for the young Indian woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
See artifacts relating to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa history at Turtle Mountain Chippewa Heritage Center. The vibrant multi-cultural community includes traditions from the Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) and Metis/Cree people.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic SiteHome to John Jacob Astor’s powerful American Fur Company, Fort Union Trading Post dominated the peaceful fur trade on the upper Missouri River between 1829 and 1867. Today, see museum exhibits in the Bourgeois House and shop for gifts and souvenirs in the reconstructed Indian Trade House.
North Dakota ( /- dəˈkoʊtə/ ⓘ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west. North […]
