Tour Spotlight: Beer/Pub Crawl

This post is dedicated to one of the best fixtures in the Fargo/Moorhead community: beer.

Our most popular tour is the beer and pub crawl tour! On this tour, guests will travel by segway to four different bars around Fargo while learning about the history of the downtown, a little bit about the process of making beer, as well as try samples from all four bars! At the end of the tour we give coupons for one free pint to your favorite place from the tour. Without further ado, here are the stop locations!

Drekker Brewing Company

Drekker was started in 2014 by a few friends in a garage. With tasty beer with  unique names and two locations, one downtown and another in an old locomotive repair facility featuring pinball machines and outdoor space, Drekker has become a landmark brewery in Fargo.

Front Street Taproom

Front Street is on Main Ave and features over 30 MN & ND craft beers and cider. The Taproom is a perfect date night given their live entertainment every day of the week from music to comedy.

Fargo Brewing Company

Fargo Brewing Company was started in 2011 by two friends who wanted to bring craft beer to North Dakota, and boy did they. As the first operational brewery in North Dakota, owners Aaron Hill, Jared Hardy, and brothers Chris and John Anderson, now produce 55% of all beer made in North Dakota.

Wild Terra/Junkyard Brewing Company

 

We couldn’t not include Wild Terra, even though they serve cider. As one of North Dakota’s first cideries, Wild Terra has quickly become a community favorite for their flavorful and unique cider flavors, as well as the quirky kombucha combinations that are sure to make any tongue tingle. However, beer lovers we didn’t want you to feel jipped so we made a deal with Wild Terra, as well as a staple across the river (and is frankly just too far for us on this tour) and this stop does include tastings of Junkyard Brewing Company’s beer, something only our tour guests get to enjoy at Wild Terra. Junkyard is known for their experimental beers and "crowler" can releases.

Don’t worry about getting a SWI (segwaying while intoxicated), our stops include 2 oz servings equaling 8 oz total. Note: only guests 21+ with a valid ID will be allowed on the tour.

Tour Spotlight: Service Tour

While we love all of our tours, the Service Tour has a special place in our heart because it is centered around service!

The Fargo/Moorhead area is home to over 1,000 non-profits ranging from organizations with national affiliates like Habitat for Humanity, Make-A-Wish, and the Ronald McDonald House. As well as local organizations like Churches United for the Homeless, TNT Kids Fitness, and 4 Luv of Dog Rescue.

Our service tour includes a history tour of Fargo and Moorhead, and then a service project selected from the following non-profits based on availability, including but not limited to: the River Keepers, Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity, local churches, food pantry. (Note: while your group can select which service group they would like to work with, we can not make guarantees). Some examples of projects might include: helping with river clean-up, building picnic tables at Habitat for Humanity, and organizing food donations at the local food pantry.

Segway tours, and especially our service tour are a great bonding activity for your next corporate outing, family get together, or scout meeting.

Call the store or stop in to schedule your segway + service tour!

Fargo History & Highlights

If you are reading this blog you probably know where Fargo is located, the topography (flatness), the mighty Red River that separates North Dakota and Minnesota, as well as the frequent sound of a train crossing through downtown. While taking our Fargo/Moorhead History tour will fill you in on all the bits and pieces of historical buildings, the fire that destroyed over 30 blocks of the downtown in 1893, and prominent people in Fargo’s history. Here are some highlights of this town’s captivating history:


- Fargo was named after William G. Fargo, a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company (and yes, one of the co-founders of the bank Wells Fargo).

William G. Fargo

- In the 1940’s Fargo was known as the “Divorce Capital of the West” with many unhappy couples wanting a divorce making the trek to Fargo.

Fargo Railway Station in 1939

- The local newspaper the Fargo Forum, has heritage dating back to 1878!

- In 1957, a tornado ravaged the city and left 10 people killed and over 100 injured.

Learn more about this city’s fine history as well as the history of Moorhead on our Fargo/Moorhead History tour!

Top 5 Reasons to book a segway tour!

You might be asking yourself, why should I take a tour with Fargo Segway. Well here are 5 reasons (there are many more) you should book a tour with us!

1. We are the ONLY guided tour of Fargo/Moorhead

You can grab some headphones and listen to a self-guided audio tour provided by the Fargo Underground, but Fargo Segway has the only guided tour in the region, and the only segway tour for over 200 miles.

2. Variety of tours

We have six different tour options! All of our tours are 3 hours long*, except for the Mini-Quickie Tour which is 1.5 hours.

• Foodie Tour
• Brewery/Pub Crawl tour
• Service Tour
• River and Nature Tour
• Fargo/Moorhead History Tour
• Mini-quickie Tour*

3. Anyone can segway

Our expert guides can train anyone to ride a segway. However, we do require riders to be ten years old.

4. We do private tours

Need an office team outing? Have family coming into town? Planning a bachelorette or bachelor party? Schedule a segway tour with us! We do private tours and would love to work with you to make your tour the most personalized experience for you and your group. Whether it’s for a company team outing, school group, extended family, social group, we can accommodate up to 50 riders in one group! Please call our office and ask to speak with Anna for more information.

5. IT’S FUN!

Need we say more? Our guides are the best in the area and make every tour exciting! Many of our tours are interactive and include multiple stops, why not spend a few hours on a segway and have a blast?!

If you’re ready to book your tour with us, stop by our storefront on 2nd Avenue or call our office at 1-234-5678!

What is a Segway?

First of all, here at Fargo Segway we are so excited to be your newest neighbor in the heart of downtown Fargo! There is so much history here, good eats and great drinks, all of which make for the perfect segway tours.

You might be asking yourself, what is a segway?

Maybe you’ve seen some of the hip scooters that the neighborhood kids tottle around on, or the cool electric scooters in some big cities around the United States and the world. Is a scooter the same thing as a segway? Nope.

What about those hoverboards that have viral videos of people falling backwards on them. Are those segways? Nope.

The Segway™ Personal Transporter (PT), formerly Human Transporter (HT). The Segway™ PT was invented by Dean Kamen and released to the world on Good Morning America in 2001. The Segway™ is a high-tech self-balancing transporter that is essentially powered by a motor, which has sensors according to how much the user tilts. To move the segway, the user leans forward to speed up and go forward, backwards to slow down, and to the right or left to turn. You can read more about how segways work here.

Segway quick facts:

Top Speed: 12.5 miles per hour

Weight capacity: 260 lbs.

Range: 17 miles

Basically, the segway is the most fun way to tour around the city and we can’t wait to give you a tour in Fargo. Stop in today to book your tour!

620 2nd Avenue N. Fargo, ND 58102

fargosegway@gmail.com

952-220-3766