An Eclectic Minnesota Experience
1-3 Day Tour From Winnipeg To Bemidji
Experience the diverse culture that springs from the area's rich history with narrated tours of historic sites including the Continental Divide and the Headwaters of the Mississippi. Whitness the flourishing arts with theater performances and travel to the edge of the Paul Bunyan State Forest harboring a winery and art gallery.
Featured stops include…
Day 1
9:00am: Depart Winnipeg
Noon Lunch
1:30pm: Depart for Bemidji
2:30pm:
- OPTION 1: Buena Vista Logging Village
- OPTION 2: Headwaters Science Center
- OPTION 3: Downtown Bemidji Shops
4:30pm: Lodging Check-in
5:30pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Entertainment
Bemidji Evening Entertainment Options
- Paul Bunyan Playhouse Live theatre productions June through Mid-August.
- Native American Flute Performance and narrative on the history of flutes.
- Timeless Traditions An ensemble that blends the Native
- American flute and Celtic folk harp in ethnic and contemporary music.
- Alabaster Falls An acoustic "folkgrass" band. Dinner performances or evening entertainment.
BEMIDJI, MN
Buena Vista Logging Village
Board horse-drawn covered wagons at the Lumberjack Hall of Fame building in the Buena Vista Village to ride to the "Top of the World." The narrated tour follows the Leech Lake - Red Lake Trail, the same route traveled by Native Americans, early explorers and pioneers.
Headwaters Science Center
Board horse-drawn covered wagons at the Lumberjack Hall of Fame building in the Buena Vista Village to ride to the "Top of the World." The narrated tour follows the Leech Lake - Red Lake Trail, the same route traveled by Native Americans, early explorers and pioneers.
Day 2
8:00am: Photo with Paul & Babe
8:30am: Depart for Itasca State Park
9:15am
- OPTION 1: Mississippi Headwaters & Boat Cruise
- OPTION 2: Visitor Center & Naturalist Tour
11:30am: Lunch at Historic Douglas Lodge
12:30pm
- OPTION 1: Forestedge Winery
2:30pm: Depart for Fergus Falls
4:00pm: Lodging Check-in
6:30pm: Dinner
8:00pm: Theater Performance
BEMIDJI, MN
Paul Bunyan and Babe his Blue Ox
Stop for a photo opportunity with the legendary lumberjack statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe his Blue Ox. Visit the Tourist Information Center for Paul's memorabilia and view the Fireplace of States.
Stop at the Visitors Center to see interpretive displays and exhibits on the history of the forest and wildlife. "Step on" tour with the park naturalist along Wilderness Drive with a stop at the Headwaters area.
Itasca State Park
Forestedge Winery
Located on the edge of the Paul Bunyan State Forest, Forestedge Winery and Farm offers it's visitors a peaceful setting in the woods. Enjoy the gardens and cobblestone patio with a taste of Minnesota fruit wines. Art Gallery.
FERGUS FALLS, MN
A Center For the Arts
Originally The Fergus Theatre, the building was built as a vaudeville house and now home to the performing arts with year-round music, dance, theatre, and visual arts programs.
Day 3
8:30am: Depart for Moorhead
9:30am: Hjemkomst Center
11:30am: Gangster themed lunch theater
1:00pm: Depart for Winnipeg
MOORHEAD, MN
Hjemkomst Center
Serving as a reminder of the Scandinavian heritage in the Red River Valle, with full-scale replicas of the Gokstad Viking ship and the Hopperstad Stave Church. Quarterly museum exhibits.
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