Fargo Theatre
· 0.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Prepare to be transported back to the roaring twenties! The Fargo Theatre, a dazzling art deco movie palace, has been a Fargo landmark since 1926. Construction began in the fall of 1925, and the theater opened its doors…
Fargo and the Great Floods of the Red River
· 1.0 mi · Historical Marker
Fargo has battled catastrophic Red River floods repeatedly, most notably in 1997 and 2009, when the entire city mobilized to build sandbag dikes and save their community.
The Town That Took a Railroad Man's Name
· 1.0 mi
Fargo grew up in 1871 on the flat western bank of the Red River of the North, a townsite first called Centralia before it was renamed for Northern Pacific Railway director William Fargo (yes, the same name behind Wells…
Fargo, ND
· 1.0 mi · Local history
Fargo, North Dakota, has seen rapid growth in recent years, presenting both opportunities and challenges to its deeply-rooted sense of community. The construction boom is impossible to ignore – new apartment complexes…
Fargo City Detention Hospital
· 1.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine being quarantined here, away from your family and friends, simply because you were sick. That's what faced people at the Fargo City Detention Hospital. Built in 1910, this hospital was designed to isolate…
George and Beth Anderson House
· 1.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Check out that house! It's not what you'd expect to see in Fargo. It’s the George and Beth Anderson House, designed in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright. Built in 1958, the house was designed by Ingraham & Ingraham…
Bonanzaville: When Wheat Was King
· 7.5 mi · Historical
Bonanzaville preserves the era of the bonanza farms — massive wheat operations in the Red River Valley that were the agribusiness giants of the 1870s and transformed North Dakota into the breadbasket of America.