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North Dakota

Fargo (1996)

Fargo is one of the only films to be shot in North Dakota. The film was shot during the winter of 1995 in both Minnesota and North Dakota. Due to the unusually low snowfalls that winter, scenes that called for snow-covered landscapes had to be shot in northern Minnesota and North Dakota, rather than the actual towns of Fargo and Brainerd.

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