North Dakota meeting and event planning locations include border cities Fargo and Grand Forks lie in the east, with Minot and Bismarck in central state. Meeting options include dinosaur, Viking, Native American and pioneer themes: Fargo venues include the Avalon Events Center banquet halls and downtown Plains Art Museum. Just east, Moorhead’s Hjemkomst Center hosts receptions around a modern-built Viking ship. For dinosaur fanciers, Dickinson’s Dakota Dinosaur Museum displays paleontological specimens.