North Dakota

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Bonanzaville USA
West Fargo, North Dakota
North Dakota's de facto mall of museums: over 40 buildings and 400,000 artifacts.
Enchanted Castle
Regent, North Dakota
Enchanted Highway creator Gary Greff transformed his old high school into a medieval-themed motel.
Geese in Flight: Enchanted Highway
Regent, North Dakota
Largest metal sculpture in the world, according to Guinness World Records. Northernmost point of the Enchanted Highway.
Fisherman's Dream: Enchanted Highway
Regent, North Dakota
Giant fish cavort, while an angler sits in a boat suspended 70 feet in the air. Monumental sculpture on the Enchanted Highway.
Sir Albert and the Dragon
Regent, North Dakota
41-foot-tall knight guards the Enchanted Castle hotel from a 100-foot-long dragon. A Gary Greff junk metal sculpture.
Roger Maris Museum
Fargo, North Dakota
A fleeting sports star who didn't get enough respect in life. His hometown remembers him in a mall, with uniforms, bats, balls, and home run crowns.
Iwo Jima Flag Raising in Pipes
Bottineau, North Dakota
Stark version of World War II's most photogenic flag raising, quietly conquering a rural frontage.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

Salem Sue, World's Largest Holstein Cow
New Salem, North Dakota
Salem Sue, who's already big, towers above New Salem on a rare North Dakota hill.
Enchanted Highway
Regent, North Dakota
Gary Greff's towering, fanciful metal sculptures appear every few miles along a lonely road to his way-off-the-beaten path town.
W'eel Turtle: World's Largest
Dunseith, North Dakota
This titan was welded together from over 2,000 steel automobile wheel rims; its head alone weighs over a ton.
Woodchipper from the Movie Fargo
Fargo, North Dakota
Star of the Coen Brothers' hit movie. the woodchipper displayed at the city's Visitors Center includes a mannequin leg sticking out of its hopper.
World's Largest Buffalo
Jamestown, North Dakota
This mighty bull bison -- built in 1959 out of sixty tons of steel and concrete -- keeps its unblinking eye on the Jamestown grain elevator.
New Geographic Center of North America
Robinson, North Dakota
Tiny town (pop. 37) decided that the old Center was bogus, claimed the title in 2015.
Geographical Center of North America
Rugby, North Dakota
A rock obelisk in a Mexican restaurant parking lot marks an important spot on your map.
Prairie Village Museum: World's Tallest Salesman
Rugby, North Dakota
Multiple exhibition halls and old buildings on 20 acres features local giant Cliff Thompson, Queen Victoria's dress, and one-time world's largest belt buckle.
Tommy the Turtle
Bottineau, North Dakota
A giant statue of the Snowmobiling Reptile Hero of Bottineau. Travelers can stand behind his windscreen.
Mystical Horizons: Century 21 Stonehenge
Bottineau, North Dakota
Almost-in-Canada solar calendar envisioned by Jack Olson, who died four years before it was completed in October 2005.