This list was started on April 17, 1998. If you know of any interesting trivia about the Greater Grand Forks area, please email jerry@1st-realty.com .

There are five television stations accessible without cable or satellite.

There are two restaurants that we know of that serve homemade onion rings.

There is a restaurant that offers authentic Northern Italian cuisine.

Our esteemed mayor is the first woman to serve in that office.

There are 14 city council members in Grand Forks, and 6 in East Grand Forks.

The mayor of East Grand Forks is a Vietnam Veteran.

Greater Grand Forks is the Home to over 60 churches.

One of the high schools in Grand Forks has an underground newspaper.

Grand Forks' schools educated more national merit scholars than anywhere else, yet our teachers are some of the lowest paid in the nation.

One store in Grand Forks has a walk-in cigar humidor.

Another store makes its own candy and features chocolate covered potato chips called "chippers".

Including the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks has five Internet service providers.

One local radio station simulcasts live over the world wide web.

The largest water slide park in the state is in Grand Forks, about two blocks away from the 1st Realty building, and is owned by the city park district.