The West Baptism River near the town of Isabella in Northern Minnesota, Superior National Forest.

Sunrise at Arches National Park in Utah.

A teepee tent at the KOA in Devil's Tower, Wyoming.

A cow grazing in the grass near the Belle Fourche River in Devil's Tower, Wyoming.

Belle Fourche River located just outside of Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming.

Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Shot from the Devil's Tower KOA right outside the park.

A lone wooden shed stands among fields of wild grasses and yellow blooms as storm clouds gather near Interior, South Dakota, on the outskirts of Badlands National Park. The layered sky hints at an incoming summer storm sweeping across the plains, with the rugged formations of the Badlands visible on the horizon. The muted colors and boarded windows evoke both isolation and endurance, capturing the tension between human settlement and the vast, unpredictable prairie environment.

An approaching storm looms over the rolling grasslands near Interior, South Dakota, at the edge of Badlands National Park. The layered clouds form dramatic bands above the wetland and open prairie, where a small structure and fence line mark the human presence in this otherwise vast and untamed landscape. From this vantage point near the White River, the eroded formations of the Badlands rise faintly in the distance, emphasizing the contrast between the lush foreground and the arid, sculpted terrain beyond.

Sheep Mountain in South Dakota near the Badlands National Park.

A weathered wooden sign marks the rugged entrance to Sheep Mountain in the southern reaches of Badlands National Park, South Dakota. This remote area, surrounded by the sweeping prairies of Buffalo Gap National Grassland, offers one of the park’s most dramatic and less-visited overlooks. The region sits within Oglala Lakota lands, where erosion has sculpted colorful buttes and steep ridges over millions of years. Accessible by an unpaved road, Sheep Mountain remains a quiet, untamed corner of the Badlands, revealing the deep geologic and cultural layers of the Northern Plains.

CS36B off of Highway 240 near the Saddle Pass Trailhead. The trail is a short hike up the Badlands Wall giving views of the White River Valley.

A beautiful rainbow at the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands. We camped here and woke up to this during the sunrise.

Juniper Campground at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.