October 12, 2020 — Firsttime visitors to Minot, North Dakota, are often surprised to find a Norwegian Stave Church in the town’s center. The large wooden church, located in the Scandinavian Heritage Park, is a full-scale replica of the 750-year-old Gol Stave Church currently located in the Bygdøy Folk Museum near Oslo, Norway.
During the Christianization period of Scandinavia, churches were built t…