The history of North Dakota is associated to some of America's most legendary names. Explorers Lewis and Clark discovered and stayed in Dakota for a few time. The State also welcomed the naturalist Jean-Jacques Audubon, the Indian chief Sitting Bull, and Theodore Roosevelt, later became the Republic's president, whose dream to install a structure of national parks was born here.

Bad Lands
The Bad Lands of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park is located about 3.5 hours from Bismarck by the Interstate 94. Plateaus, valleys, conical cliffs and petrified forests form a dazzling decor within the 16,000 hectares of territory inhabited by elks, wild cats, coyotes and prairie dogs.

Bismarck
Situated on the center of the most southern part of the State, North Dakota's capital stretches itself on the banks of Missouri. The Historical Society Museum presents you a wide range of objects who once belonged to important Indian tribes and European pioneers.

Near the city you can find Elkhorn Ranch, Theodore Roosevelt's wooden cottage.

Fargo
The State's largest city was named to honor William Fargo, founder of the famous Wells Fargo Company. Fargo is the area's biggest agricultural equipments distribution center. A big part of its inhabitants are of Norwegian origins.

Devil's Lake in the northwest is an interesting zone, due to its landscapes, its history and the points of interests that it offers.

22 km to the south you will find Fort Totten Historic Park, where Indian dances are held every summer.

And just to the southeast of Turtle Lake, in the center of the State, the Albert Schlafmann Museum exposes a unique collection of musical instruments.