Flatland
The Red River Valley of the North, a region shared by Minnesota and North Dakota, is better known for rich farmland than scenery. Even so, it's more than a gateway to Montana and Canada.
Minnesota Regions:

Flatland
Loonland
Oreland
Shoreland
Centerland
Millacaland
Riverland
Minnemetro
Grainland
Bluffland

Bluff Land Grain Land Minnemetro Shore Land Ore Land Ore Land River Land Millaca Land Center Land Lake Land Flat Land
Any Time Fun Stuff Vacation Time Stuff Rainy Day Stuff Dry Stuff

Art: Artists and Craftspeople

  • Big Break Mosaics amusing mosaics (Fargo)
  • Lightbenders Glass Studio "where imagination is turned into ageless prisms of beauty. " custom glasswork, stained glass windows & lamps, glass carving, stained glass restoration & repair (Fargo)
  • Sandi Dahl - Painter of Light "explore the color, light and shapes of the world around us" (Fargo)
  • Stained Glass Overlay Designer Glass based in California, one of 300 studios (Fargo)

Art: Theaters and Organizations

  • Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre founded in 1946, in the Emma K. Herbst Playhouse since 1967, now with 12 productions each year (Fargo)

Festivals and Celebrations

  • Red River Valley Fair (West Fargo)

Amusement Parks

  • Thunder Road Family Fun Park miniature golf, go-karts, batting cage, video arcade, party rooms - and a volcano (Fargo)

Food and Drink: Groceries, Delis, & Specialty Foods

  • Life is Sweet, Inc. cookie bouquets, sweets trays, & cookie pizzas (Fargo)

Food and Drink: Restaurants

  • Speak Easy Italian Restaurant quite legal, now that the 18th Amendment has been repealed (Moorhead)

Movie Theaters

  • Century 10 Theatre (Fargo)
  • The Delchar Theatre (I love the name of this place - B.G., webmaster) (Mayville ND)
  • Fargo Theatre (A restored Art Deco theater) (Fargo)
  • Safari 7 Discount Theatre (Moorhead)
  • West Acres 14 Theatre (Fargo)

Places to Shop

  • Life is Sweet, Inc. cookie bouquets, sweets trays, & cookie pizzas (Fargo)
  • Paul's Model Supply from Ace & Airtronics to Zinger Props & Zona Tools (Fargo)
  • Riddel's Jewelry "The Ultimate Jewelry Experience" (Fargo)
  • Royal Jewelers "One of America's Finest Jewelers" (Fargo)
  • West Acres (Fargo)
  • Wimmer's Diamonds "She'll Say Yes" (Fargo)
  • Sports and Recreation:
    Race Courses

    • Red River Valley Speedway (West Fargo)

Museums and Historical Sites

  • Bonanzaville (Fargo)
  • The Children's Museum at Yunker Farm (Fargo)
  • Fargo Air Museum (this site may be too sophisticated for your browser) (Fargo)
  • Hjemkomst Center (Moorhead)

Parks, Trails, Gardens and Zoos

  • Red River Zoo advancing "public education on the need for wildlife conservation and preservation" (Fargo)

Media: Newspapers

  • In-Forum Fargo Forum, WDAY, WDAZ (Fargo, Grand Forks)

Media: Radio and Television Stations

  • Froggy 99.9 FM continuous new country (Fargo)
  • "Twin Cities Jazz Stations (includes KVSC, St. Cloud and KDSU, Fargo)
  • WDAY television (Fargo)

Medical

  • MeritCare System (Fargo)

Colleges & Other Educational Institutions

  • Concordia College over a hundred acres of campus, one great music program, and impressive academic departments (Moorhead) (private college)
  • Mayville State University "the nation's first Tablet PC campus" (Mayville)
  • Minnesota State University Moorhead (Moorhead)
  • North Dakota State College of Science (Wahpeton)
  • North Dakota State University (Fargo)
  • Northland Community and Technical College (East Grand Forks, Thief River Falls)
  • University of Minnesota, Crookston (Crookston)
  • University of North Dakota the Carnegie Foundation calls UND a "doctoral/research-intensive" institution (Grand Forks)

Library Systems

  • Lake Agassiz Regional Library in seven counties: Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk, Wilkin (Moorhead)

Towns and Cities

  • Fargo-Moorhead Chamber of Commerce
  • Grand Forks "A Place of Excellence"
  • Hillsboro "In the Heart of the Red River Valley"

 

Grand Forks, North Dakota
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Fargo, North Dakota
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