Bonanzaville, USA, Historical and automobile museum in West Fargo, United States.
The museum complex spans 12 acres with 40 buildings forming a village that represents early settlement life in North Dakota.
Founded in 1971 by the Cass County Historical Society, the museum preserves structures from the 1900s including the first house of Fargo.
The museum collection includes extensive exhibits of horse-drawn vehicles, medical artifacts, firefighting equipment, and a complete telephone communication system.
Located off Interstate 94 at Exit 343, the museum operates from May through September and offers guided tours of the historical buildings.
The Telephone Pioneers Museum maintains functional vintage communication equipment that connects different buildings throughout the property.
Location: West Fargo
Website: https://bonanzaville.org
GPS coordinates: 46.87611,-96.92806
Latest update: March 24, 2025 17:16
North Dakota is a Great Plains state with a history shaped by trading posts, military forts, and Native American settlements. The region stretches from the Missouri River to the Canadian border, preserving sites that tell stories from the 19th century alongside Cold War relics and natural areas. Visitors find military installations turned into museums, archaeological sites, and parks that protect bison, prairie, and forest.The locations include Theodore Roosevelt National Park with its badlands formations, Fort Union Trading Post from the fur trade era, and Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, where earth lodge foundations recall earlier communities. The Enchanted Highway displays large metal sculptures along the road, while Nekoma Missile Site and Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site provide views into the missile defense systems of the 1970s. State parks like Fort Ransom and Icelandic preserve river valleys and woodlands. Museums in Fargo and Minot showcase aviation history. The Center of North America Monument in Rugby marks a geographic midpoint, and Bonanzaville USA displays historical buildings from pioneer times.
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