America couldn’t be more diverse in landscape, and yet when driving hours through the flat stretches of North Dakota, it is easy to forget how true that is. In a study of terrain, I wanted to take note of the immense change from one side of the US to the other, as well as the differences in opposing sides of the same town. A topographical nod to Robert Frank’s, The Americans, and having just read Steinbeck’s, Travels with Charley, my enthusiasm was ignited.