I’m waiting to see if I am meant to learn of and visit ruins or other ancient sites out here –and I’ll be much more precise about what I manifest before braving another Winter drive.
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Table of Contents:
- Phase 1
- Phase 2
- Phase 3
- 2024/+
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Phase 1:
The usual fear-mongering peasant retards warned me against going here, just like their kind warned against everywhere and everything else; they claimed dogs regularly got frozen standing on the side of the road, and that there were freezing winds like nothing even Montana (with its normal -30°F winters) ever saw, along with snowdrifts covering entire homes. Just like always (go, me!) I ignored all that crap, did my ‘homework’, and went anyway. Nearly getting run off the road by crazed truckers not paying attention to the road or my hazard lights, I was only surprised at how bad the drivers were, though I suppose that trucker could have been from anywhere, and 99% of the others weren’t much of an issue. The real issue with this state (one of the only accurate reports I received about it) is that the major highway here is arguably the longest, straightest, most boring one in the entire United States; ‘highway hypnosis’ is a huge danger here, and there are rarely any shoulders, guardrails, or anything else to stop you from sailing off and over the steeply-swooping side-hills and berms –right down into the immediately-adjacent farmland and drainage ditches. (And that might be why that one trucker nearly killed me and himself, though he is still certainly to blame for rudely and insanely nearly blinding me with his high-beams when I was already all the way over and driving safely in blizzard white-out conditions. Fuck that guy. Hopefully he crashed and died right after leaving my field of view. Dick.)
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Phase 2:
I’ve learned that this is another of the ‘farm belt’ states worth visiting to learn more agricultural tricks from; North Dakota ranks first in the production of flaxseed, canola, durum wheat, all dry edible beans, all dry edible peas, spring wheat, honey, lentils, sunflowers, barley, and oats. It is no small miracle that they can grow anything at all here, what with how windy it always is, and how nightmarishly cold it does often get during nearly all of its winters. Parts of Alaska aren’t even this frozen. In other words: if they can grow all those things here, and grow them so well that they are the best out of all the other 49 states at it, I can definitely extract a lot of brilliance which will be invaluable in the farming of Inisfree.
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Phase 3:
Leslie Bibb is a decent-looking blonde model from this state. (She was the one playing the leggy reporter who fucked Tony Stark in Iron Man, wisely choosing some ‘happy fun time’ with him instead of sticking to her regurgitated philosophical convictions.) Other than her, I’m not sure what else this state has to offer in terms of quality females. Got any leads? Now’s the time. Let’s let 3rd phase begin.
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2024/+
Best Hotels:
Jasper Hotel (in Fargo)
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Radisson Blu Fargo
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more tba
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Nicest Neighborhoods:
tba
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Vegan Restaurants and Shops:
Bismarck:
- Fireflour Pizzeria & Coffee Bar –just a good vegan cheese option :/
- Noodlezip –just options :/
Fargo:
- Crisp & Green –options
- Himalayan Yak –vegan options :/
- Mezzaluna & The Drawing Room –options :/ but high-end / fancy presentations
- Momos N More –options :/
- Passage To India Restaurant –options :/
Grand Forks:
- Crisp & Green –options
- Ely’s Ivy
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Ancient Ruins:
- whatever is under the cities/downtowns
more tba
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Other Sites:
- Safeguard complex’s Missile Site Radar (MSR) pyramid:
HJQV+Q7, Nekoma, ND, 58355
a.k.a. Safeguard Complex
official website
“a real-life military installation built during the Cold War, often featured in conspiracy theories and urban myths due to its unusual design and mysterious history.
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What is the Safeguard Complex?
The Safeguard Complex is an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system located in Nekoma, North Dakota. It was constructed in the 1970s as part of the United States’ efforts to protect against potential nuclear missile attacks, specifically from the Soviet Union.
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Key Features:
1. Pyramid Structure: The most striking part of the Safeguard Complex is its large, pyramid-like building with radar arrays on its sides. These radars were designed to detect incoming missiles and guide interceptor missiles to destroy them.
2. Cost: The Safeguard Complex reportedly cost $500 million (equivalent to several billion dollars today), which makes it one of the most expensive and ambitious projects of its time.
3. Brief Operation: The system was fully operational for only one day in 1975 before being decommissioned. This has sparked numerous myths and theories about its purpose and effectiveness. It was shut down due to a combination of high costs, treaty restrictions (the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty), and doubts about its strategic value.
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While the Safeguard Complex’s brief operational period and unusual appearance have fueled these theories, the historical record shows it was part of the U.S. government’s legitimate efforts to develop ABM technology during a tense geopolitical era. Its decommissioning was primarily a result of changing strategies and treaties, not hidden agendas.
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This site is a fascinating piece of Cold War history, blending real technological ambition with a mystique that continues to captivate imaginations today.”
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FB vid
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my thoughts: I don’t think these were all just built fresh; I think they were the few mountains fully excavated, megastructures unearthed, and they were abandoned when it became clear no weak-minded human could gain access/control… or when sabotage occurred. - _
more tba
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gallery (until my photos of expeditions to this land are uploaded here, see these)
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