Jamestown, ND: National Buffalo Museum

  ______________________ COST: Seniors: $4.00 Adults: $5.00 Children 7-18 years: $1.00 Children 6 years & under: Free Family Rate: $10.00 Military: Free HOURS: May 1st – Memorial Day Monday – Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Memorial Day … Continue reading

Wahpeton, N.D.: Ringling Brother’s Circus Monument

______________________ FREE NOTES: *Monument marking the graves of 2 circus employees who were killed when a lightning bolt struck a circus tent pole in 1897 *Monument is a replica of the tent pole LOCATION: Riverside Cemetery south of Wahpeton, on Old U.S. Highway 81 Wahpeton, North Dakota WEBSITE: Wahpeton.com: Ringling … Continue reading

Wahpeton, N.D.: Prairie Rose Carousel

______________________ COST: according to website in 2014: $? per ride (use to be $2.00) HOURS: weekends in May: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. daily Memorial Day – Labor Day: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Holiday hours are different NOTES: *Restored 1926 Spillman carousel with 20 handcrafted wooden horses & 2 … Continue reading

Jamestown, ND: Live White Buffalo

  The herd at the National Buffalo Museum include a few rare albino (white) buffalo. I believe there are three white buffalo here. Their names are: White Cloud, Dakota Legend & Dakota Miracle. While in this area be sure to go to the end of 17th St SE to see … Continue reading

Jamestown, ND: World’s Largest Buffalo Monument – “Dakota Thunder”

  At 26 feet tall, this statue is the world’s largest buffalo. Dakota Thunder is located at Frontier Village. ________ FREE LOCATION: Frontier Village – Jamestown, ND end of 17th St SE from I-94 exit# 258, go north on US Hwy 281, at the first stop light turn right (big … Continue reading