I was doing some drone work north of Bismarck-Mandan and found myself heading past Regan as the sun began to set. Naturally I popped in for a visit to the old jail, since I’ve always found this little building interesting. Besides, this is the best lighting condition I think I’ve ever had for a brief photo visit!

I saw this footer on the front page of the February 18th issue of the BismarCk Tribune. This is a little embarassing…omitting the “c” in Bismarck? It’s literally in the name of the newspaper, after all. But ya gotta cut ’em a little slack, I suppose…

As with most of my hundreds of thousands of photos, I can tell you exactly where I was when this was taken. In order to prove it to myself, I called up The Google and found it on Maps in around ten seconds. It’s northwest of Watford City just a little ways. I was up there for a Cross Country tournament, and then I went roaming after the main event. I got some great photos along the way, too.

I didn’t even have to get out of the truck for this one: I just pointed my camera out of the window and got it. I was on a mission to a spot I’d targeted in advance, as I typically do on these trips, so I didn’t waste any time capturing this old house and moving on.

On a recent photo trip I was able to camp out at the beautiful Graham’s Island State Park, which I highly recommend, and then roam the area. The first thing I spotted in the morning was this farm. You can see how hazy the skies were from all that Canadian and Pacific Northwest wildfire smoke. This was a month ago, and much of the summer has been the same.

This old house is one of the few remaining parts of the ghost town of Trotters, which was one of the Bucket List destinations I finally reached this summer. You aren’t likely to find this house without The Google or a drone, however. It’s visible for an instant as you head up the highway, but it’s easy to miss. I’d surveyed the area from above before heading out here, though, and assessed whether it was accessible once I got there. But there was something I hadn’t counted on.

I don’t consider myself a modern day Don Quixote – I’ll leave that to my friend Rob over at Say Anything – but I do have a thing for windmills, albeit photographing them instead of tilting at them. It’s been a minor theme since I got into this photography and blogging thing way back when.

We recently took a group to a range in South Dakota to shoot for Marksman and Sharpshooter badges, and while we were there I spotted something I just had to share. See it yet? If so, you’ve got a good eye.