In north-central North Dakota near the International Peace Garden, you will find the small town of Rugby, which claims to be the Geographical Center of North America. While the United States Geological Survey does not recognize this, as there is no reliable way to determine it, it is close enough to the location to make it hard to argue the claim.

The first cairn was erected in 1932 and located on the northwest corner of the intersection at U.S. Highway 2 and State Road 3. However, after the junction was widened in 1971, the ... (more)