With its year-round tropical climate, top-notch infrastructure, abundant green spaces and awesome child-friendly attractions, the tiny island nation of Singapore is a fabulous destination to discover with your pint-sized posse in tow.
18.08.2023 - 17:05 / cntraveler.com / Art Deco / Art
While you might have heard of North Dakota’s largest city, Fargo, from the Coen Brothers' 90s hit movie Fargo or the recent television series with the same title, the Midwestern city attracts hockey enthusiasts, college football fans, and those in love with the Great Plains to the Peace Garden State. With new hotel openings, the renovation of a Radisson Blu, and the opening of a community square—all taking place within the past two years, the city is reimagining its downtown area.
Fargo is also booming in population, with the metropolitan area expected to grow by 100,000 people by 2050 (a 43 percent increase) according to Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments. Situated in the Red River Valley with a median age of 31 years old, Fargo is a young city known for its Art-Deco hotels, vibrant arts community, eclectic shopping, and classic theater entertainment that has drawn travelers to explore the Great Plains and beyond. Here’s what you should check out in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area.
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The Fargo Theatre's Art Deco outer shines bright in downtown Fargo.
Downtown's Wild Terra Cider participates in the Red River Farmers Market on Broadway Square.
To understand the culture of the state, head to the Plains Art Museum. The free art museum is the largest accredited art museum in North Dakota with over 4,000 works including Native American art. On display until June 2024 is the exhibit “This is Not Black and White,” reflecting a diversity of place, ethnicity, culture, gender, and medium linked by the use of strong black-and-white imagery. Take a moment to learn about the state’s Scandinavian history at Hjemkomst Center to experience a full-size replica Viking ship and an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of marriage equality in Minnesota.
Built-in 1926, the ‘Fargo’ marquee sign outside the Historic Fargo Theatre stands bright in the center of downtown Fargo. Its Art-Deco interior is an iconic landmark that plays independent and foreign films and is also home to the Fargo Film Festival, which takes place every March. It’s also a top venue for concerts, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior in 1982. Inside you’ll find a wood statue carved in the likeness of Marge Gunderson from the 1996 movie, Fargo.
On Saturdays in the summer, downtown Fargo hosts the Red River Farmers Market on Broadway Square, North Dakota’s largest farmers' market representing over 90 local farmers and makers. Grab a coffee from Twenty Below, sample ciders from Wild Terra Cider,
With its year-round tropical climate, top-notch infrastructure, abundant green spaces and awesome child-friendly attractions, the tiny island nation of Singapore is a fabulous destination to discover with your pint-sized posse in tow.
Monaco’s high season is bookended by two of the French Riviera’s ritziest events: the Monaco Grand Prix and the Monaco Yacht Show. Super yachts and fast cars are two of the principality’s defining features, but there’s much more to Monaco than you’d expect from the world’s second-smallest state, which is about the same size as Central Park.
South Africa is an excellent destination for family trips.
Although the mythical “Grand Budapest Hotel” isn’t an option when deciding where to stay in Budapest, there are countless hotels in Hungary’s vibrant capital that earn the Gustave H. stamp of approval. Widely considered one of the coolest cities in Europe, days in Budapest are spent encountering landmarks, meandering along the riverside, and curing all ailments by “taking the waters” at a thermal bathhouse. Evenings start with rooftop sundowners and end in buzzing ruin bars. Fusing golden-age hospitality with bohemian charm, these luxury Budapest hotels give you the grandest experience.
With its futuristic architecture, diverse food and multicultural landscape, compact and fast-paced Singapore is packed with a ton of things to do.
One of Manhattan’s most celebrated restaurants is reopening after a years long closure. Café Boulud is on its way back to Manhattan, with a new location in Midtown East. The original restaurant temporarily closed in early 2020 due to the pandemic and never reopened.
Grand Cayman has long been a popular destination for travelers in search of white-sand beaches, excellent snorkeling and diving spots, and well-heeled accommodations. Just 22 miles long and eight miles wide, the island is the largest of the Cayman Islands and has a reputation for providing travelers with a quiet, low-key getaway. And with most of the action happening near the famous Seven Mile Beach, only 15 minutes from the Owen Roberts International Airport, travelers can start their vacations minutes after landing.
Bill Bensley strives to press all the right buttons when designing hotels and resorts. The New York-based architect, landscape architect, and interior designer is well known for being a “maximalist” — or “more is more” — aesthetic. The “Bensley look” for hotels sits in the sweet spot of what many guests say they crave today.
The capital of Japan is famously crowded, colorful and charismatic. Toyko is also great fun for families, with a host of attractions that offer maximum amusement for tiny travelers, from giant video game arcades to the anime-focused Ghibli Museum.
A land that mesmerizes with its natural beauty as much as it enchants with its traditional culture, Mongolia is an adventure like no other.
Benin is the birthplace of voodoo – a religion that worships natural spirits and reveres ancestors. It was also a significant source for transatlantic slave traders. A history you’ll learn more about at its museums.
With its puffing volcanoes, pounding surf, sprawling salt flats and glistening glaciers, Chile is the ultimate wonderland for South American adventures. But you don’t need to be a skier, surfer or hiker to find something fun to do here.