You certainly can’t compare the parks on this trip with the big attractions in Utah or Alberta, but North Dakota, Minnesota and Manitobahave one great advantage: you have the beautiful nature almost to yourself, foreign tourists hardly get lost in this area. Nevertheless, the landscape is magnificent; bare badlands, huge lakes and lonely birch forests alternate. And cultural history with wooden watchtowers and earth dwellings of the First Nations is added on top.
Parks and Gardens
The International Peace Garden, shared by the United States and Canada, is unique in its kind. Each year, gardeners plant more than 150,000 flowers in the huge complex, which features, among other things, a flower-decorated sundial, a bell tower, several fountains and a memorial with remains of New York’s 9/11 attack!
Visitor Centre im Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba
Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba
Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba
Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba
Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba
Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba
Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba
Eingang zum International Peace Garden, Manitoba/North Dakota
International Peace Garden, Manitoba/North Dakota
Bell Tower im International Peace Garden, Manitoba/North Dakota
Peace Chapel im International Peace Garden, Manitoba/North Dakota Der linke Fuß steht in Kanada, der rechte in den USA
International Peace Garden, Manitoba/North Dakota
Blumenuhr im International Peace Garden, Manitoba/North Dakota
9/11-Memorial im International Peace Garden, Manitoba/North Dakota Die Metallteile stammen aus den Trümmern in New York
Parkeingang zum Little Missouri State Park, North Dakota
Little Missouri State Park, North Dakota
Little Missouri State Park, North Dakota
Little Missouri State Park, North Dakota
Little Missouri State Park, North Dakota
Parkeingang zum Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, North Dakota
Earth Lodges im Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, North Dakota
Earth Lodges im Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, North Dakota
Wachturm im Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, North Dakota
Blick auf den Missouri River im Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, North Dakota
General Custers Wohnhaus im Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, North Dakota
Parkeingang zum Buffalo River State Park, Minnesota