Sightseeing
FreeNorth Dakota State Capitol
FreeTour the 21-story Art Deco capitol called the Skyscraper on the Prairie and ride up to the 18th-floor observation deck.
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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is a sightseeing stop in Stanton, ND. Cost: free.
County Road 37, half a mile north of Stanton · Stanton, ND
Why you should go…
Half a mile north of Stanton, this site preserves the remains of Hidatsa villages that were a major trading and farming center for hundreds of years. Circular depressions still mark where earthlodges stood, some as large as 40 feet across. You can go inside a reconstructed earthlodge, watch a film and tour the museum, then walk the Village Trail to the Awatixa site, where Sakakawea lived. No entrance pass is required.
- #national historic site
- #earthlodge
- #native american history
- #lewis and clark
- #prairie trails
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