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The Two-Gate Airport That Out-Landed Atlanta
Grand Forks International really has finished first in the country for takeoffs and landings. It is also a two-gate airport in a city of about 59,000. Both are true, and the distance between them is the story.
Fact-checked September 2, 2026
The North Dakota Mast That Was Once the Tallest Thing on Earth
The KVLY-TV mast near Blanchard held the world height record across three separate reigns. Then it lost 76 feet in 2019 and handed its last two crowns to the mast about five miles away.
Fact-checked September 2, 2026
North Dakota’s Biggest Claims, Checked Against the Record
A 38-foot fiberglass cow, three towns claiming the center of a continent, and a 1969 “riot” that took 500 National Guard troops to break up. Every number here is checked, including the ones that turned out to be wrong.
Fact-checked September 2, 2026