Killdeer Waterworks building in North Dakota.

Viewed from behind the machinery, the pumpjack overlooks a sweeping stretch of North Dakota badlands. Its rusted gears and faded paint contrast sharply with the vivid red earth and green hills—a scene that captures both the rugged beauty and industrial imprint of the oil fields.

Sunlight glints off the rusted steel of a working pumpjack, its rhythmic motion cutting through the quiet plains air. Shot from below, the towering machine looms against the sky—a reminder of the human industry that continues to shape the remote oil fields of the American West.

A weathered pumpjack rises from the red clay of western North Dakota, slowly rocking under the midday sun. Once a quiet symbol of rural industry, it now stands as a reminder of the region’s deep ties to oil production and the changing energy landscape of the American Plains.

The Sorlie Memorial Bridge in Grand Forks, ND. The bridge is over the Red River.

An abandoned schoolhouse in Crystal Springs, North Dakota.

Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park overlook and the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park in Bismark, North Dakota

Campsite at Sportsmen Centennial Park in Garrison, North Dakota.

Allis-Chalmers tractor found in North Dakota.

North Dakota oil fields in July 2015 in the middle of the night.

The Fairview Lift Bridge over the Yellowstone River in North Dakota. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Oil rig in Charbonneau, North Dakota.

Charbonneau, North Dakota Ghost Town

A elevator in Charbonneau, North Dakota.

The North Dakota badlands as seen from the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway.

Highway near Wolford, North Dakota.

Highway 17 near Starkweather, North Dakota.

Grass near Starkweather North Dakota

Sunset at Woodland Resort on Devil's Lake in North Dakota.