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Prudhoe Bay, the biggest oil field in America
1968
North Slope, Alaska
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The largest oil field ever found in North America, on frozen ground 800 miles from the nearest port. Everything about modern Alaska, the pipeline, the Native land settlement, the dividend cheque, follows from this hole.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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