Striking Oil in a Dakota Boomtown – NYTimes.com

Striking Oil in a Dakota Boomtown

Wanting to go beyond his usual Middle East haunts, Bryan Denton went looking for someplace exotic for his latest photo essay.

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when Bryan Denton, a native Californian, thought about getting outside his comfort zone for a forthcoming photo essay, he settled on a truly exotic locale.

North Dakota.