#34: North Dakota
With faces as weathered and resolute as the plains behind them, this North Dakota couple could’ve stepped out of a dust-streaked pioneer journal—or at least a particularly epic grain harvest. His overalls and her rolled sleeves speak to long days and early mornings, while their calm stares radiate that don’t-complain-unless-you ‘frozen” Midwest ethos.

Complete prairie poetry with this one: stoic, rural, and utterly unshakable. It’s the stereotype of Dakota life—fewer words, more work, skies that stretch forever. And while not everyone in North Dakota owns a tractor or monitors wheat futures, this portrait captures a grit that’s definitely in the soil.