Nebraska man visits all 355 incorporated towns in North Dakota, plans to publish book

REGENT, N.D. (KFYR) – There are 355 incorporated towns in North Dakota. A Nebraska man plans to visit them all. Seth Varner will finish his trip across the Peace Garden state later this week.

Varner’s camera roll is filled with thousands of photos of small-town attractions across North Dakota. He’s on a mission to visit all 355 incorporated towns in North Dakota.

“Some have single-digit populations,” said Varner. “And then you’ve got your Fargo, your Bismarck, your Grand Forks in the tens of thousands.”

Varner has photos of them all. He uses an old-school map to keep track of where he’s been and where he’s going.

“I divided the state into five reasonable trips,” he explained.

Then, he turns to Facebook for help planning each stop.

“I’ll get suggestions about everything from the museums, places to eat, like cool things to see and do or potential meetups and whatnot,” Varner said.

On this day, he’s visiting the southwestern North Dakota community of Regent. He’s snapped pictures of the town’s churches, parks, downtown and the big attractions, including the Enchanted Highway, the Enchanted Castle and the people he and his fiancé, Eliese Ueding, have met along the way.

“It’s been really, really cool so far. Everybody has been so kind and sweet. It’s wonderful,” said Ueding.

And it’s proof that ‘North Dakota nice’ is alive and well all across the Peace Garden state.

Varner will finish his North Dakota trip Thursday with a stop at the state Capitol.

Then he’ll head home to start working on a book about his adventures. He hopes to have that ready later this fall.

You can follow his progress on his Facebook page.

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