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Tulsa, Oklahoma

Denver Avenue Station

In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.
Bahrain

Bahrain Oil Well No. 1

This unassuming oil well changed the history of the Arabian Gulf.
Tanuf, Oman

Tanuf

The ruins in this village were caused by something more sinister than neglect.
Kilgore, Texas

East Texas Oil Museum

At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.
Neodesha, Kansas

Norman No. 1 Replica Oil Well

This replica oil derrick stands where a tiny Kansas town struck big in 1852, kicking off America's biggest oil boom.
The World's Largest Gas Kan.
Gas, Kansas

World's Largest Gas Kan

Don't pass Gas, stop and enjoy it.
Oil Springs, Ontario

Oil Museum of Canada

A petroleum heritage museum on the site where James Miller Williams dug the first commercial oil well on the continent in 1858.
By 1994, the seaweed had died back on Mearns Rock and mussels were elbowing in.
disasters

Alaskans Have Photographed This Boulder for 33 Years

In 1990, a scientist began visually documenting Prince William Sound’s recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. When funding ran out, volunteers took over.
J. Besl June 12, 2023
An oil rig near the museum.
Taft, California

West Kern Oil Museum

Wander through desolate oil fields littered with rigs.
The ruins of Thornhill, built in the shape of a Maltese Cross. It was three stories tall.
Walker, West Virginia

Volcano Historic Boomtown

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.
The C&H Refinery in Lusk, Wyoming, as it looked in 2013, 80 years after it was established.
world record

One Man's Quest to Preserve the World's Smallest Oil Refinery

The dusty, rusty site in eastern Wyoming is a rare relic of the 20th-century petroleum boom.
Nadia White November 5, 2021
Millicent Library
Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Millicent Library

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.
Open field in front of a condominium.
Jiayuguan Shi, China

Yumen Ghost Town

This once-booming oil city is now a relic of the region's industrial past.
Official start to the Dalton Highway
Fairbanks, Alaska

Haul Road (Dalton Highway)

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.
The vessel MV Wakashio ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius in July 2020, leaking oil that fouled waters known internationally for their biodiversity.
disasters

How Locals on Mauritius United To Fight an Oil Spill With Their Own Hair

When a cargo ship crossing the Indian Ocean wrecked just offshore, the "people of the sea" sprang into action.
Reena Usha Rungoo March 31, 2021
Former Pittsburgh Stock Exchange
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Former Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.
Springkällan (The Spring)
Rättvik V, Sweden

Springkällan (The Spring)

An oil drilling mistake created this fountain that has been spraying water for over 150 years.
Stavanger, Norway

Norwegian Petroleum Museum

An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.