A painted mermaid sculpture for sale at the El Potrero Trading Post, a little gift and spice store… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041214/photo-image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain license The Hardrocker Statue at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, a public university in Rapid… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8063712/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseThe White House, Washington Monument, and Jefferson Memorial. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433942/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-architecture-washingtonFree Image from public domain licenseThe Washinton Monument in Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433866/free-photo-image-architecture-america-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseThe Spirit of Detroit, a city monument with a large bronze statue at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2353612/photo-image-person-art-manView license A member of the "World's Largest Tin Family," part of artist Gary Greff's series of metal-art… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043545/photo-image-cloud-cartoon-artFree Image from public domain license The Freedom Eagle Sculpture, part of the Andrew Jackson Higgins National Memorial in Columbus… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041609/photo-image-shadow-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license A portion of the Carhenge outdoor monument to automobiles near Alliance in northwest Nebraska, built… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044071/photo-image-plant-grass-artFree Image from public domain licenseArtist John Massey Rhind heroic sculptures entitled "Industry, Science, Agriculture, and Literature. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2346709/photo-image-person-art-public-domainFree Image from public domain license A scene during a most unusual Carnival season, leading to what would normally have been the annual… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8060593/photo-image-dragon-cartoon-flowerFree Image from public domain license Among the most unusual pieces of public art in Grand Forks, the principal city in northeast North… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040825/photo-image-face-person-sunglassesFree Image from public domain license Peter F. "Fritz" Felten, Jr.'s statue of Pulitzer Prize-winning Kansas editor William Allen White… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067542/photo-image-person-church-artFree Image from public domain license Japanese artist Jun Kaneko's 2009 "Unitled" ceramic and galvanized-steel sculpture outside the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069951/photo-image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain license This aptly strong and sturdy figure stands outside the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 49… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041402/photo-image-cartoon-art-skyFree Image from public domain license A portion of the Carhenge outdoor monument to automobiles near Alliance in northwest Nebraska, built… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044486/photo-image-sky-technology-roadFree Image from public domain licenseMemorial to lost fishermen at land's end on Bailey Island, Maine. At first glance it appears the figure is tending to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2372490/photo-image-plant-person-treeView licenseGSA Fine Arts Program Artist: Rhind, J(ohn) Massey, FA1022-A, "National as Sovereign Power" 1908, Limestone, Sculpture, 13'… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2348453/photo-image-person-art-manView licenseThe Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse is one https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2353889/the-howard-metzenbaum-us-courthouse-oneView license Imposing eagle statues outside the Illinois National Guard Armory in Sycamore, Illinois … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8048893/photo-image-bird-art-skyFree Image from public domain license The ornate triangular pediment of the city's own full-scale replica of Athens, Greece's Parthenon in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042647/photo-image-horse-person-artFree Image from public domain license Metal-art dinosaur displayed outside the Casa Cristal Pottery home-and-garden roadside store near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8063038/photo-image-horse-person-artFree Image from public domain license This is one of many intricate carvings in Harmon Park in Williston, the principal city in northwest… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043651/photo-image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain license One of six vibrant, oversized "Illumina" sculptures in array outside the convention center in Omaha… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8066605/photo-image-cat-face-personFree Image from public domain license A scene during a most unusual Carnival season, leading to what would normally have been the annual… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041789/photo-image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseWooden sculpture on the waterfront in Bandon, Oregon. [NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: The camera gps incorrectly places this image in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2347525/photo-image-wood-art-skyView licenseFishermen's Memorial at Fishermen's Terminal docks in Seattle, Washington. The towering sculpture and its bronze name… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2352416/photo-image-cloud-person-artView licenseA bronze replica, one-fifth the size of the Statue of Liberty, commissioned by Frank Park Samford as the symbol for the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421768/free-photo-image-statue-liberty-new-york-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseUnited States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421918/free-photo-image-capitol-government-electionFree Image from public domain licenseView from right on top of the tallest dune in North America at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, in the San Luis… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434641/free-photo-image-sand-landscape-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseMuir Woods. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421806/free-photo-image-forests-sequoia-coastFree Image from public domain licenseMonument Valley, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421801/free-photo-image-desert-black-and-white-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseU.S. Capitol Building Dome, Washington D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421866/free-photo-image-architecture-usa-federal-governmentFree Image from public domain licenseCanyons of the Ancients National Monument in far-southwestern Colorado's Montezuma County, USA - Original image from Carol… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434307/free-photo-image-dirt-road-coloradoFree Image from public domain licenseThe Statue of Liberty. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421961/free-photo-image-liberty-statue-new-york-national-monumentsFree Image from public domain licenseThe rotunda ceiling of the Texas capitol in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582561/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAerial view of the Statue of Liberty. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421947/free-photo-image-statue-liberty-manhattan-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseSurfing Monument, Santa Cruz, California by sculptors Brian W. Curtis and Thomas Marsh. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110809/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseThe Washinton Monument in Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421842/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-architecture-americaFree Image from public domain licenseGolden gate bridge, San Fransisco USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433925/free-photo-image-golden-gate-bridge-architecture-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseScenery at Colorado National Monument, USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434311/free-photo-image-america-public-domain-americasFree Image from public domain licenseGolden gate bridge, San Fransisco USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433990/free-photo-image-architecture-america-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseBunker Hill Monument. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421826/free-photo-image-architecture-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseWashington Monument in D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433837/free-photo-image-architecture-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseSoldiers Memorial Military Museum in St.Louis, Missouri. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092946/free-photo-image-museum-military-americaFree Image from public domain licenseCannons at an artillery park, Pennsylvania. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090964/free-photo-image-america-artillery-park-cannonsFree Image from public domain licenseScene in the Arizona portion of Monument Valley, a desert region on the Arizona-Utah border known for the towering sandstone… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582290/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseArt Deco Mississippi War Memorial Building. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093674/free-photo-image-art-deco-landmark-americaFree Image from public domain licenseA bighorn sheep in Colorado National Monument, a preserve of vast plateaus, canyons, and towering monoliths in Mesa County… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434320/free-photo-image-ram-sheep-mountain-animalFree Image from public domain licenseAerial view of the White House during the 1980s. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421937/free-photo-image-washington-white-house-american-flag-public-domain-flagsFree Image from public domain licenseLincoln Memorial taken from the Washington Monument. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421745/free-photo-image-washington-carol-highsmith-dcFree Image from public domain licenseThe Texas state capitol in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582671/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseGolden gate bridge, San Fransisco USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434062/free-photo-image-fireworks-carol-highsmith-travelFree Image from public domain licenseStatue of Liberty with Ellis Island in the background. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421938/free-photo-image-american-history-carol-highsmith-alabamaFree Image from public domain licenseMonument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, USA. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434024/free-photo-image-desert-arizona-valleyFree Image from public domain license This is one of the welcome landmarks along the 2,000-mile Oregon Trail, traversed by thousands of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072468/photo-image-cloud-plant-grassFree Image from public domain licenseLion Statue at the New York Public Library. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094063/free-photo-image-structure-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseView from right on top of the tallest dune in North America at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, in the San Luis… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434635/free-photo-image-sand-dunes-patternFree Image from public domain licenseScenery at Colorado National Monument, USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434319/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-national-parks-landscapeFree Image from public domain licenseGolden gate bridge, San Fransisco USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434087/free-photo-image-san-francisco-architecture-americaFree Image from public domain license The city's own full-scale replica of Athens, Greece's Parthenon in Nashville, the capital city of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042390/photo-image-cloud-horse-plantFree Image from public domain licenseScenery at Colorado National Monument, USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434314/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-tourism-americaFree Image from public domain licenseThe Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093473/free-photo-image-chicago-carol-highsmith-architecture-usaFree Image from public domain licenseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422126/free-photo-image-american-flag-architecture-presidentFree Image from public domain license Those who have heard of Kansas know that much of it is famously flat, with some rolling hills and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8105588/photo-image-cloud-sky-beachFree Image from public domain license This statue of Henry Watkins Allen by sculptor Attillio Piccirilli stands in Memorial Hall of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068454/photo-image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain license This Indiana Limestone eagle adorns an entrance to the 1929 First National Bank Building in Sioux… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065480/photo-image-people-bird-artFree Image from public domain licenseCabrillo Statue, San Diego, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110366/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseClassic View of the Washington Monument. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421869/free-photo-image-travel-icons-tourism-architectureFree Image from public domain licenseU.S. Capitol, Washington D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421853/free-photo-image-tourism-architecture-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseGolden gate bridge, San Fransisco USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433900/free-photo-image-san-francisco-bridge-travelFree Image from public domain licenseWintertime view of the White House. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421960/free-photo-image-house-exteriors-winter-architectureFree Image from public domain licenseU.S. Capitol Dome. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421880/free-photo-image-architecture-capitol-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license Part of a long, intricate metal-art public-art display in an unusual location in Williston, the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068225/photo-image-horse-person-grassFree Image from public domain licenseWorld War I Memorial. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093677/free-photo-image-war-america-art-decoFree Image from public domain license A portion of the Bataan Memorial Park in Albuquerque, the largest city in the southwest U.S. state… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067854/photo-image-face-shadow-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseOne of several elaborate carvings outside the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center, Iowa. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094339/free-photo-image-america-blue-sky-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseThe Richard Beyer statue of the Kissing Couple on the harbor boardwalk in Olympia, Washington. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2352352/photo-image-face-person-artView license This sort of elevated-statuelike war memorial is not unusual in the United States … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064634/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseThis is the Four Corners Monument, marking the only spot in the United States where four states (Arizona, Utah, Colorado… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2347075/photo-image-cloud-sky-mountainView license Artist Richard Haines's 2001 "Mountain Monarch" sculpture of a mighty elk greets those entering the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8063862/photo-image-plant-tree-skyFree Image from public domain licenseSalem's The Covered Wagon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3088450/free-photo-image-salem-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license Statue of Pope (later Saint) John Paul II outside the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071839/photo-image-cloud-christ-plantFree Image from public domain license Artist Damon Farmer's bear-like figures at the historic McCoy House in Pikeville, an eastern… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8054057/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license This sort of elevated-statuelike war memorial is not unusual in the United States … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072937/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain license The Memorial Campanile and Carillon on the campus of the University of Kansas, the state's largest… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071399/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license Low and close-in view of the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, the capital city of the midwest… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065647/photo-image-cloud-person-skyFree Image from public domain license A towering bear sculpture on the main campus of Missouri State University (long called Southwest… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041128/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain licenseThe Gateway Arch, the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. Designed by Finnish-American architect Eero… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2347040/photo-image-sky-public-domain-blueView license Entrance sign to the grounds of the slowly developing but (as of 2021) far from complete Crazy Horse… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064826/photo-image-horse-plant-grassFree Image from public domain license Those who have heard of Kansas know that much of it is famously flat, with some rolling hills and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041437/photo-image-sky-ocean-beachFree Image from public domain license A giant Muffler Man-style figure of a Native American at the Lake of the Ozarks family resort around… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068364/photo-image-person-tree-skyFree Image from public domain licenseThe principal figures in artist Tom Otterness's 2012 "Creation Myth" installation outside the Memorial Art Gallery in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2371487/photo-image-cartoon-shadow-plantFree Image from public domain license It was Easter time when this image was taken in Tipton, Missouri, so the owners of a local lawn… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043474/photo-image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain license Seated statue of Charles P. Farnsley, a onetime mayor of Louisville, Kentucky's largest city, on a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072266/photo-image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain license This is one of the welcome landmarks along the 2,000-mile Oregon Trail, traversed by thousands of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041273/photo-image-cloud-plant-treeFree Image from public domain licenseFlags at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421872/free-photo-image-american-flag-usa-national-libraryFree Image from public domain licenseThe White House, the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433931/free-photo-image-monument-washington-architectureFree Image from public domain license Bust of P.B.S. Pinchback in the Louisiana Capitol's Memorial Hall in Baton Rouge … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067841/photo-image-paper-face-trophyFree Image from public domain licenseOne of dozens of examples of exemplary public art and architecture — some old, some new — in the venerable “Steel City” of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2348158/photo-image-cloud-face-plantView license