[Angelino97]

I've never seen night skies like that. Every night sky I've ever seen was dark, with an even sprinkling of scattered stars. No Milky Way.

Do you have to go away from cities to see skies like that? Or do you need a special kind of telescope or camera?

[MtnClimber]

I am pretty sure it is a long camera exposure yo get the Milky Way, but you need to also be away from city lights.

[cephalopod]

It’s most prominent in the summer (or later night in spring), with dark skies it should be pretty easy to see. If you can find the constellations Cygnus (overhead) and Sagittarius (low in the south), that’s the general direction.
But it won’t look like the photos you see. The details are all there, but only under the very best conditions have I seen unaided the dust lanes and structure you see in the photos. Mostly just a mottled band of light that resolves to stars in a telescope or a steady gaze. But my eyes aren’t great especially as I’ve gotten older - maybe you’ll do better when you know when and where to look.