Southgate Casino Bar & Grill in Grand Forks, North Dakota, at 2525 South Washington Street, is a longstanding local favorite established in 1975, offering North Dakota-style gaming with blackjack tournaments, galactic bingo, pull tabs, and casino-style entertainment sponsored by the NDAD charity.
Fort Totten State Historic Site in North Dakota, located near Devils Lake, was originally built between 1867 and 1873 as a military post to enforce peace among Native American tribes and protect overland transportation routes.
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve, a 1,674-acre national wildlife refuge on Devils Lake's shore in Benson County, North Dakota within the Spirit Lake Tribe reservation, was established in 1904 by President Theodore Roosevelt as Sullys Hill Park and renamed in 2019 to honor its sacred Dakota heritage as Šúŋkawakháŋ Ská Pahá.
Rough Rider State Park covers 63 acres along the Little Missouri River in Billings County, North Dakota, about two miles south of Medora near Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Bismarck, North Dakota, is the state capital and second-largest city with around 74,000 residents on the Missouri River's east bank across from Mandan, founded in 1872 as Edwinton by Northern Pacific Railway workers at a key crossing used by Lewis and Clark in 1804-1806, renamed in 1873 for German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to attract investment.
Prairie Knights Casino & Resort, owned and operated by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on their reservation near Fort Yates, North Dakota—about 46 miles south of Mandan along Highway 1806—serves as a premier regional entertainment destination with nearly 700 slot machines, high-limit options, video poker, keno, and table games like blackjack, craps, three-card poker, and Ultimate Texas Hold'em.
Butte Saint Paul State Recreation Area spans 51 acres in Bottineau County, North Dakota, seven miles northwest of Dunseith amid the scenic Turtle Mountains.
Crow Flies High State Recreation Area is a day-use scenic overlook spanning 51 acres atop a prominent butte two miles west of New Town in Mountrail County, North Dakota.
Camp Hancock State Historic Site in Bismarck, North Dakota, was established in 1872, originally named Camp Greeley, to protect the crews building the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Turtle Mountain State Recreation Area spans a forested landscape six miles northwest of Bottineau in Bottineau County, North Dakota, offering over 12 miles of multi-use motorized trails shared by off-highway vehicles, hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders, and snowshoers.
The Japanese Gardens in North Dakota, located within Sertoma Park in Grand Forks, were created as a symbol of friendship between Grand Forks and its sister city Awano, Japan.
Playmaker's All American Lounge in Grand Forks, North Dakota, at 1000 South 42nd Street, is a popular sports bar and boutique casino offering blackjack tables, pig wheel games, pull tabs, and North Dakota-style gaming alongside pub favorites like burgers, wings, sandwiches, and lavosh.
Dakota Magic Casino & Hotel, owned by the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe, sits on their trust land in Hankinson, North Dakota, just south of Fargo off Interstate 29 near the North Dakota-South Dakota border, offering a full resort experience with over 1,200 slot machines, blackjack, live roulette, craps, and poker tables alongside a 157-room hotel featuring luxury suites with Jacuzzis.
Frontier Village in Jamestown, North Dakota, is a recreated pioneer town attraction featuring original frontier-era buildings like a Northern Pacific Railroad Depot from 1880, schoolhouse, church, bank, saloon, jail, blacksmith shop, and Louis L’Amour’s writer’s shack, filled with antiques and artifacts that offer a glimpse into early North Dakota settlement life.
The Red River Zoo in Fargo, North Dakota, opened its first 8 acres in spring 1999 on 33 acres of former farmland leased from the Fargo Park District, thanks to community vision and land donations from the Anderson family, earning accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in 2006.
Lewis and Clark State Park spans 525 acres in Williams County, North Dakota, along the shores of Lake Sakakawea where Gamache Creek flows in, about 18 miles east of Williston.
