The world famous Paul Broste Rock Museum in Parshall, North Dakota is built of natural granite quarried from the area. The entire structure was constructed with volunteer labor and opened for business in 1965. Paul called it his Acropolis on a hill.
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An attempt to drop the word North from the state name was defeated by the 1947 Legislative Assembly. Again in 1989 the Legislature rejected two resolutions intended to rename the state Dakota.
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The World's Largest Buffalo monument is located at Frontier Village in Jamestown, North Dakota. The structure is 26 feet high, 46 feet long, and weighs 60 ton.