03-01-2022, 04:55 AM
Rugby ND is the geographical center of North America, and not a bad place to stop for gas and a snack. 
I've done Hwy 2 and I-94 (joke goes that the best thing out of North Dakota is I-94: I grew up in south eastern Montana and we told North Dakota jokes ). Dad dragged me through a road or two on the far western side of North Dakota otherwise. Meh. It was pretty much a state I had to go through to get to Glacier Park.
A small case could be made (depending upon your time window) for wandering south into South Dakota, while also kinda heading east; strike into Minnesota around Ortonville, heading southeast and ducking around south of Minneapolis. Both areas are heavy into agriculture so you need to be mindful of farmers using the roads with their machinery - and deer.
I've taken Hwy 23 a fair amount (totally opposite angle that you will need but cuts through the same country) and had the GPS take me through some odd areas as I tried to hit I-90 from Buffalo MN. There is some pretty country in the southern half of MN.
I've done Hwy 2 and I-94 (joke goes that the best thing out of North Dakota is I-94: I grew up in south eastern Montana and we told North Dakota jokes
). Dad dragged me through a road or two on the far western side of North Dakota otherwise. Meh. It was pretty much a state I had to go through to get to Glacier Park.A small case could be made (depending upon your time window) for wandering south into South Dakota, while also kinda heading east; strike into Minnesota around Ortonville, heading southeast and ducking around south of Minneapolis. Both areas are heavy into agriculture so you need to be mindful of farmers using the roads with their machinery - and deer.
I've taken Hwy 23 a fair amount (totally opposite angle that you will need but cuts through the same country) and had the GPS take me through some odd areas as I tried to hit I-90 from Buffalo MN. There is some pretty country in the southern half of MN.