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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.
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The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Is Open: What a First Visit Actually Requires
The new Medora library is a half-day visit, not a quick museum stop. Here is the current 2026 plan for tickets, timing, parking, access, children, food, and pairing it with the national park.
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The North Dakota Pilot Who Flew Across the Top of the World
Carl Ben Eielson carried Alaska’s first official airmail, walked off the Arctic ice, crossed the polar sea and helped open Antarctica to flight. All of it came before his final mission at 32.
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The North Dakota Pretzel That Outgrew Its Hometown
Dorothy “Dot” Henke turned a seasoned snack from a rural Velva kitchen into a national brand. The true story is better than the billion-dollar shorthand. It is also more complicated.
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24 Famous People From North Dakota and Their Real Connections
The state’s best-known names did not all begin here in the same way. These are the hometowns, schools, studios, depots and second chances behind 24 remarkable lives.
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The Night Fargo Helped Teach the World to Read a Tornado
In 1957, a lone Weather Bureau observer watched a black cone cross the prairie toward Fargo. The warning he improvised and the photographs residents made would become part of meteorological history.
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The Pyramid That Watched for the End of the World
North Dakota’s strangest landmark was the nerve center of America’s only completed Safeguard missile-defense complex. Its real life was brief, but not quite the single day of legend.
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Before Peggy Lee, There Was Norma Egstrom
A short-line depot, small radio studios and one well-timed new name shaped the North Dakota years of an American original. They did not make her legend inevitable.
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Before the Rings: Phil Jackson’s North Dakota Apprenticeship
Long before Chicago, Los Angeles, and a record 11 championships as an NBA head coach, Phil Jackson learned how a group becomes a team in Williston and Grand Forks.
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Sixty-One: The North Dakota Road Roger Maris Carried to New York
Roger Maris was born in Minnesota, spent part of his childhood in Grand Forks, and became a remarkable athlete in Fargo. He was then the most watched hitter in America.
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Things to Do in North Dakota: The Field Guide for a State Measured in Horizons
North Dakota is not a checklist state. This field guide helps you choose the right corridor, leave room for distance, and find the places that repay a closer look.
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