North Dakota
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North Dakota
Create your own legend in North Dakota and follow in the footsteps of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The rugged, untamed landscape of Theodore Roosevelt National Park unfolds across more than 70,000 acres and you can share his passion for the love for the American West, a place which he says transformed him from a wealthy and sheltered New Yorker, into a tough and independent adventurer. The gateway to Theodore Roosevelt National Park and North Dakota’s Badlands is the historic town of Medora – visit a local saloon to whet your whistle or a pitchfork grill for a bite to eat, then settle down to watch the nightly Medora Musical, a rootin-tootin, boot-scootin show of the West! For the adventurous traveller why not conquer the 144-mile Maah Daah Hey trail on foot or by mountain bike.
This state is renowned for its history and heritage. At Custer House in Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, just outside Bismarck catch a glimpse of military life, dig for dinosaurs at one of the many paleontological sites or fly away to the Vintage Air Museum in Fargo. Travel back 600 million years at the State Museum at the North Dakota Heritage Centre, Bismarck, with four galleries including when dinosaurs ruled and the great ice age to the more modern space age and humans shaping the State. If cultural history is more to your taste then visit On-A-Slant Mandan Indian Village to learn about life as a Native American. If visiting in September, be sure not to miss authentic tribal dancing at the United Tribes International Powwow. There really is something to discover around every corner!
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