Midwest — open filings

Open to visit in North Dakota

17 dossiers in North Dakota carry the open to the public filing — the legend is on record and the door, per the last source, is open. Access is a filing, not a guarantee: hours, tickets and seasonality live with the venue. Everything else in the archive stays documented but admired from the legal distance.

17 open dossiers3 counties coveredSims — deepest file

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Sims

Almont, North Dakota

The ghost church on the prairie—the last building standing.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Standing Rock

Fort Yates, North Dakota

The reservation where Sitting Bull was killed—December 15, 1890.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Abraham Lincoln

Mandan, North Dakota

Custer’s last post—where he rode to the Little Bighorn.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Medora

Medora, North Dakota

The Badlands town—where the Marquis built his chateau.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Knife River Villages

Stanton, North Dakota

Sacagawea’s home—the Hidatsa earthlodge villages.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Whitestone Hill

Kulm, North Dakota

September 3, 1863—the attack on the Dakota village.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Buford

Buford, North Dakota

July 20, 1881—where Sitting Bull surrendered.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Mandan

Washburn, North Dakota

The winter of 1804-05—where Lewis and Clark met Sacagawea.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Totten

Fort Totten, North Dakota

The best-preserved frontier fort—and reportedly one of the most haunted.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site

Abercrombie, North Dakota

Fort associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Liberty Memorial Building

Bismarck, North Dakota

Library associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Medora, North Dakota

The Badlands that made a president—the Elkhorn ranch site.

Fort Union

Buford, North Dakota

The 1828 trading post—the Upper Missouri’s grandest.

Historic Settlement

Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site

Bismarck, North Dakota

Historic settlement associated with documented cultural history.

Historic Settlement

Fort Clark State Historic Site

Fort Clark, North Dakota

Historic settlement associated with documented cultural history.

Fort Dilts State Historic Site

Rhame, North Dakota

Battlefield associated with documented cultural history.

Historic Cemetery

Standing Rock State Historic Site

Nome, North Dakota

Historic cemetery documented in historical or public cultural sources.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026