North Dakota
The Peace Garden State
Climate
Continental, with very cold winters and warm summers. Summer highs are about 84F (29C), and winter temperatures often fall well below 0F (-18C).
Main industries
A leading state for wheat, especially spring and durum wheat, plus soybeans, canola, cattle, and oil from the Bakken rock formation.
Top places for tourists
Theodore Roosevelt National Park with its badlands and bison, the International Peace Garden on the Canada border, and Lake Sakakawea.
Places of interest
The geographic center of North America is near the town of Rugby, and North Dakota is a top producer of honey in the country.
A little history
Home to the Mandan and Hidatsa peoples, where Lewis and Clark spent a winter at Fort Mandan, North Dakota became the 39th state in 1889.
Fun fact
North Dakota often makes more honey than any other state, thanks to its wide fields of flowering crops.