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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New Leipzig, North Dakota is known as The Small, Friendly German Town on the Dakota Prairie and hosts an annual Oktoberfest.
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Petroglyphs carved into two granite boulders give Writing Rock State Historic Site near Grenora, North Dakota its name. Though their origins are obscure, the drawings probably represent the Thunderbird.