North Dakota is a midwestern U.S. state dominated by the Great Plains. Its eastern city of Fargo showcases Native American and modern art at the Plains Art Museum. The area's immigrant history is honored at the Scandinavian Heritage Association in the city of Minot. The Great Plains give way to the rugged Badlands near the border with Montana, where Theodore Roosevelt National Park spans the Little Missouri River. Dakota is a Native American Sioux word that roughly means “friend” or “ally.”  Abbreviation: ND Capital: Bismarck Temperature: 42 degrees, partly cloudy Time: 1:00 PM (Most of ND is Central Time Zone) Some Counties are Mountain Time: Nickname:  "Peace Garden State" North Dakota is called the Peace Garden State  because of the International Peace Garden, which sits on the border between North Dakota and the Canadian province of Manitoba :   The garden The garden was dedicated in 1932 to symbolize the friendship between the United States and Canada.  It'...