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The World’s Largest Buffalo is an iconic piece of American roadside art and can be found towering over Frontier Village in Jamestown, North Dakota. This 60-ton monument to the American bison was built in 1953 by local art teacher Elmer P. Petersen, who wanted to build something particularly eye-catching to ensure passers-by would stop in and explore Jamestown.

You can have your photo taken with the enormous sculpture and have a look around Frontier Village, which contains a number of original North Dakota frontier buildings that showcase the region’s pioneering days. If you time your visit correctly, you can go on a stagecoach ride and witness a Wild West shootout.

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