When in Fargo, North Dakota, be sure to stop by the Fargo-Moorhead Convention and Visitors Bureau to get your picture taken with the infamous woodchipper from Fargo, the movie.
My family did just that last week while in town for the Twins Winter Caravan. Ten-year-old Joanie, who has not seen the film and thinks the woodchipper is “creepy,” did not want to be in the photo.
She had a hard time, however, saying “no” to the friendly lady at the visitors bureau who offered us bomber hats as photo props and said she’d be delighted to take our picture.
The foot sticking out of the woodchipper was even decked out in a red sock with white hearts in honor of Valentine’s Day!
Fargo is such a great movie, especially when watching it with my husband, Jesse, and my mom. We laugh until we cry! Jesse even nicknamed my mom “Super Lady.” (See clip below...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Ge4F4E9JE
From the 2020 Official Visitors Guide for Fargo, the city:
“Although what you see on TV wasn’t actually filmed in Fargo, North Dakota, you can still visit a piece of cinematic history - the original Fargo woodchifargpper movie prop (and its stunt double) - at the Fargo-Moorhead Visitors Center.
Just off I-94, the Fargo woodchipper sits ready and waiting for a photo op. The friendly travel ambassadors will give you a trapper hat (those winter hats with ear flaps that are worn in the movie) and take your picture as you pretend to push a fake leg into the Fargo “chipper.”
Beyond getting a picture with the woodchipper from Fargo, which is signed by the Coen brothers, you can also see other memorabilia from the movie, including a signed copy of the original script.”