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A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed
At 60 tons -- the equivalent of 60 full grown male buffalo -- this is truly "The World's Largest Buffalo."
Built in 1959 by Jamestown College art instructor Elmer Paul Peterson, the buffalo is... »
Strange Statues | Edited by regs22 and Dylan
A monument to a town's status as the center of the continent...off by a few miles
Shortly after the U.S. Geological Survey determined in 1931 that a point near Rugby, N.D., is the center of North America, two volunteers erected a 15-foot obelisk in town.
The location of the... »
Unusual Monuments | Edited by Dylan
Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see
Jamestown is crazy about its bison. Not only is it home to the world's largest buffalo statue, but the town also boasts three extremely rare albino bison in the herd maintained on city land by... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by littlebrumble and wythe
World's largest Holstein cow.
Perched atop the only hill visible for miles is the pride of New Salem, North Dakota: Sue, the world's largest Holstein cow sculpture. Built by the local Lions Club in 1974 for a mere $40,000,... »
Strange Statues | Edited by littlebrumble and wythe
One man's quest to save his with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
Few would argue that there's not a lot going on in Western North Dakota these days, which is exactly what worried former school principle Gary Greff. As a native of Regent, a small town about 30... »
Outsider Art | Edited by littlebrumble
The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense
The Safeguard Program was developed in the 1960s to shoot down incoming Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles. Built at a cost of 6 billion dollars in Nekoma, North Dakota, the site was a... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by Kaluz, Dylan and others
