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* [[Image:Concrete_Dome_Home%2C_Fargo_ND_1.JPG|right|180px]]Ever want to live on the moon, but unable to scrap together enough liquid oxygen or moon-monster repellant?  Moon-style living, right here in Fargo:  [[122_22nd_Street_South_%28Cement_Dome_House%29%2C_Fargo_ND|a house made of domes, on 2nd Ave S]].
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* [[Image:Haydn_Brachlow_and_Helene%2C_1916.jpg|right|180px]]Helene and her lady-friends spent 1916 photographing each other, surprisingly candid photos for the late Victorian period.  They appear in my alluringly titled article [[Victorian_Ladies_Gone_Wild_-_Helene%27s_Girlfriends|Victorian Ladies Gone Wild!]]
 
* [[Image:Haydn_Brachlow_and_Helene%2C_1916.jpg|right|180px]]Helene and her lady-friends spent 1916 photographing each other, surprisingly candid photos for the late Victorian period.  They appear in my alluringly titled article [[Victorian_Ladies_Gone_Wild_-_Helene%27s_Girlfriends|Victorian Ladies Gone Wild!]]
 
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* [[Image:Burnette-Pletan-1988.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Burnette Pletan.]]He was the fastest artist in the world, producing hundreds of thousands of paintings during his 60-year career.  The man behind the sloppily-expressionistic landscapes?  [[Burnette_G_Pletan%2C_World%27s_Fastest_Artist|Burnette Pletan.]]
 
* [[Image:Burnette-Pletan-1988.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Burnette Pletan.]]He was the fastest artist in the world, producing hundreds of thousands of paintings during his 60-year career.  The man behind the sloppily-expressionistic landscapes?  [[Burnette_G_Pletan%2C_World%27s_Fastest_Artist|Burnette Pletan.]]
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* [[Image:Idelkope-Cornice.jpg|right|140px]]It was one of my favorite downtown buildings, until its focus changed from reading to jogging:  The [[Idelkope_Building%2C_Fargo_ND|Idelkope Building]], diagonal from the Great Northern Railstation, was once food-focused, so I guess I'd have called it my favorite place in the 1950s, too. 
 
 
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* Has a well-wishing friend forwarded you a warning about unsolicited parking-lot perfume sales?  Most of them mention Fargo at the very top -- [[Dean_Krogen_and_the_Ether-Perfume_Email|here's why]].
 
* Has a well-wishing friend forwarded you a warning about unsolicited parking-lot perfume sales?  Most of them mention Fargo at the very top -- [[Dean_Krogen_and_the_Ether-Perfume_Email|here's why]].
 
* A new category, given the number of such objects I'm interested in scanning:  '''[[:Category:Maps|Maps]]'''.  Most are extremely large 300-dpi files, so that their information can remain useful.
 
  
 
* A variety of local print media: [[The_Forum_of_Fargo-Moorhead|Forum]], [[Howard_Binford%27s_Guide|Howard Binford's Guide]], [[Valley_Midweek_Marketplace|Valley Midweek Marketplace]], [[The_FM_Extra|The FM Extra]].
 
* A variety of local print media: [[The_Forum_of_Fargo-Moorhead|Forum]], [[Howard_Binford%27s_Guide|Howard Binford's Guide]], [[Valley_Midweek_Marketplace|Valley Midweek Marketplace]], [[The_FM_Extra|The FM Extra]].

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  • Concrete Dome Home, Fargo ND 1.JPG
    Ever want to live on the moon, but unable to scrap together enough liquid oxygen or moon-monster repellant? Moon-style living, right here in Fargo: a house made of domes, on 2nd Ave S.


  • Haydn Brachlow and Helene, 1916.jpg
    Helene and her lady-friends spent 1916 photographing each other, surprisingly candid photos for the late Victorian period. They appear in my alluringly titled article Victorian Ladies Gone Wild!


  • Burnette Pletan.
    He was the fastest artist in the world, producing hundreds of thousands of paintings during his 60-year career. The man behind the sloppily-expressionistic landscapes? Burnette Pletan.


  • One day, on a walkabout, we ran across a classy steel shed that looked like it was built out of recycled tin ceiling tiles. The construction was so fine, including neat finials, that we figured it must've been a kit garage. A little research, and we discover we met a Rusk Auto-House, manufactured right here in Fargo. (article in progress)
  • Has a well-wishing friend forwarded you a warning about unsolicited parking-lot perfume sales? Most of them mention Fargo at the very top -- here's why.
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