Hookah lounge in Hamtramck, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091523/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseDowntown store in Niles, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092493/free-photo-image-america-block-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseUnion station in Kansas city. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433767/free-photo-image-kansas-architecture-finance-districtFree Image from public domain licenseNuclear power plant in Northern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434141/free-photo-image-nuclear-power-plantFree Image from public domain licenseBarn, upper Michigan (2007) by Carol M. Highsmith. 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Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/595025/carol-highsmiths-michigan-photographFree Image from public domain license A very, very old, long-abandoned motel whose colorful facade remains strikingly visible (if fading)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044177/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain license A very, very old, long-abandoned motel whose colorful facade remains strikingly visible (if fading)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043826/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseThe 1879 home and blacksmith shop of Peter Thompson in Springerville, a community near the New Mexico border in the White… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582375/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain license Old Dixie Cafe sign at Casey Jones Village in Jackson, a city in central Tennessee … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070132/photo-image-cloud-sky-roadFree Image from public domain licenseRestoration work on Reading Terminal. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421936/free-photo-image-construction-building-structureFree Image from public domain licenseRestoration work on Reading Terminal. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421943/free-photo-image-construction-architecture-readFree Image from public domain license A driver (and old car) worth avoiding if you ever see them on the road, now simply displayed at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042235/photo-image-vintage-road-animalsFree Image from public domain licenseSeattle, Washington fire Station. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421747/free-photo-image-building-street-seattleFree Image from public domain licenseSparkle Car Wash sign in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092022/free-photo-image-car-wash-america-benton-harborFree Image from public domain licenseTap Room lounge sign in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092246/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseThe Big Boy restaurant chain’s mascot in Waterford, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092114/free-photo-image-michigan-america-big-boy-figureFree Image from public domain licenseIt’s also an understated war memorial-restored street clock in Niles, Michigan. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092083/free-photo-image-michigan-clocks-americaFree Image from public domain licenseArtist Jaume Plensa’s 2004 interactive Crown Fountain on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, the largest city in Illinois and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092784/free-photo-image-art-public-domain-summerFree Image from public domain licenseView of Stepping Stone Falls in Genesee, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091293/free-photo-image-michigan-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseBalcony level of Washington's Union Station soon after an extensive renovation in the 1980s. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421950/interior-domeFree Image from public domain licenseClock in New York's Grand Central Station commuter terminal. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433970/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-new-york-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseA long-abandoned mining tipple on a hillside near the settlement of Ironton in San Juan County, Colorado. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582520/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAbandoned passenger train car in Lambertville, New Jersey. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094340/free-photo-image-graffiti-public-domain-high-resolutionFree Image from public domain licenseMural in Baltimore, Maryland. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092142/free-photo-image-building-mural-streetFree Image from public domain licenseFire station in Columbus, Indiana. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092567/free-photo-image-america-architecture-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseRio Grande River in Big Bend Ranch State Park in lower Brewster County, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434210/free-photo-image-church-house-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licensePortland Union Station, built in 1896. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092052/free-photo-image-red-america-architectureFree Image from public domain license Signs at the Totem Pole Trading Post, a tourist attraction along a surviving section of the old, two… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8059902/photo-image-road-public-domain-cityFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial scene of Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434266/free-photo-image-industrial-power-industry-gasFree Image from public domain licenseHeating room. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434040/free-photo-image-heating-valves-boiler-roomFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial scene on Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434272/free-photo-image-electricity-energy-industrialFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial scene on Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434264/industrial-sceneFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial scene on Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434265/free-photo-image-gas-industry-corpus-christiFree Image from public domain licenseFrankenmuth neon sign in Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092032/free-photo-image-america-bavarian-style-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseFirst floor lobby, Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/595033/carol-highsmiths-michigan-photographFree Image from public domain licenseView from the Duquesne Incline station, atop Mount Washington, of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092102/free-photo-image-pittsburgh-aerial-view-americaFree Image from public domain licenseWagon wheel against a stone fence at Hueco Tanks State Park, northwest of El Paso, USA. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434207/free-photo-image-stone-wheel-rockFree Image from public domain license Replica of an early Mobilgas station and one of the structures and artifacts presented in a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8062924/photo-image-plant-tree-skyFree Image from public domain licenseGreyhound bus station sign in Jackson Ville, Florida. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091541/free-photo-image-america-bus-stationFree Image from public domain licenseIce-cream stands in New Castle, Delaware. Settled by Dutch, overtaken by "New Sweden" colonists, and then re-taken by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2346625/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseAbandoned house in the Mojave Desert. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094352/free-photo-image-california-house-america-abandonedFree Image from public domain licenseGeneral Motors Technical Center Building, Warren, Michigan (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/595027/carol-highsmiths-michigan-photographFree Image from public domain licenseGeneral Motors Technical Center Building, Warren, Michigan (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/595028/carol-highsmiths-michigan-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Washington Fire Company No. 1 fire station in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092851/free-photo-image-america-building-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseNew York City's Grand Central Station Interior. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092229/free-photo-image-new-york-grand-central-interior-stationFree Image from public domain license A former Sonic drive-in restaurant, now (as of 2021) closed and abandoned in St. Joseph, the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042951/photo-image-public-domain-restaurant-cityFree Image from public domain licenseNew Melones Lake, near Columbia, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434143/free-photo-image-river-america-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseAerial view of Hoover Dam. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434015/free-photo-image-dam-carol-highsmith-aerialFree Image from public domain license The colorful and active sign for Scotty's Restaurant in Scottsbluff, the principal city in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8013025/photo-image-sky-neon-public-domainFree Image from public domain license The Quaker Steak House in Sevierville, a small city midway between larger Knoxville and the Great… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071420/photo-image-cloud-plant-skyFree Image from public domain licenseEmpty metal drums litter the overgrown grass at an abandoned farmstead near Washtucna, Washington. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2352502/photo-image-public-domain-america-carol-highsmithView licenseHenry’s Hamburgers restaurant sign in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091753/free-photo-image-america-benton-harbor-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license Take a close look and you will see this is more than another old, abandoned, rural cabin along a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042079/photo-image-mountains-road-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Power lines hover above wintertime cornfield stubble in Niles, Michigan https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070932/photo-image-public-domain-lines-united-statesFree Image from public domain license The New Loma Stadium Cinema, opened in 1959 in a turn-of-the-century store that became a movie… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071077/photo-image-cloud-space-skyFree Image from public domain license Fudge shop in Gatlinburg, a small city in southeast Tennessee known as the gateway to the adjacent… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071001/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain license The colorful entrance to the Alvin's Island beachfront department store in Destin, Florida, a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072039/photo-image-cloud-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseView of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s famous Geno’s Steaks restaurant in the south Philadelphia neighborhood, home to a large… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2348142/photo-image-person-sky-neonView license The Court motel, along the historic U.S. Route 66 as it winds through Carthage, a city in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8057122/photo-image-cloud-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Small, early 20th-Century buildings in Redwood Falls, a small city in southwest Minnesota … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070755/photo-image-road-public-domain-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseChiropodist room at the Fordyce Bathhouse in Hot Springs, Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594985/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseSitting room a Hearthstone Mansion in Appleton, Wisconsin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090777/free-photo-image-mansion-historical-interior-americaFree Image from public domain license A 1920s-era automobile service station at Cannonsburgh Village, a reimagined southern village… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8035217/photo-image-cloud-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license A 1920s-era automobile service station at Cannonsburgh Village, a reimagined southern village… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8033026/photo-image-plant-sky-roadFree Image from public domain licenseThe Oh My ladies’-wear store in Niles, Michigan. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2353639/the-ladies-wear-store-niles-michiganView licenseScene at Bing’s Burger Station, a restored “hamburger joint” restaurant and vintage service station, built… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582362/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAbandoned cabin in the Utah desert. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090908/free-photo-image-abandoned-america-beigeFree Image from public domain licenseSpray ponds at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, near Tonopah, Arizona, 50 miles west of Phoenix, serve as a backup… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582400/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, near Tonopah, Arizona, 50 miles west of Phoenix, serve as a backup cooling source… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582371/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseWindow in an old mill. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090790/free-photo-image-the-window-old-abandonedFree Image from public domain licenseOld tricycle and older car. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090749/free-photo-image-abandoned-car-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseTug boat on St. Clair River, Port Huron, Michigan (2008) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/595024/carol-highsmiths-michigan-photographFree Image from public domain licenseGeneral Motors Technical Center Warren, Michigan (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/595036/carol-highsmiths-michigan-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBicyclists round the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Detroit's Belle Isle, a once-posh island park in the Detroit River… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/595015/carol-highsmiths-michigan-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSeul Choix Point Lighthouse on MIchigan's upper peninsula helps guide boaters through the dangerous Straits of Macinaw.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/595037/carol-highsmiths-michigan-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRandy Vernon's Antique Station in Mississippi, Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089192/free-photo-image-antique-car-americaFree Image from public domain license This looks like an exquisite painting, but it's a three-dimensional exhibit at the Louisiana State… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069225/photo-image-public-domain-painting-cityFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric Union Station in Portland, Oregon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092258/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseMotor oil repair shop sign in Stevensville, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092494/free-photo-image-motor-america-approvedFree Image from public domain licenseLutz’s Drive-In restaurant sign in Dowagiac, Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093409/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseA water tower, steam engine, and tender at tiny Osier, Colorado, station about midway on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (C&TS)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582500/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain license Two automobiles that may (or may not) be beyond restoration sit outside the Black Magic Rod & Custom… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040847/photo-image-plant-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license A vintage, but rusted and busted-up, military ambulance at Veterans Memorial Park in Truth or… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068614/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseDaily longhorn parades in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3088632/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license A slightly leaning, abandoned house appears on the prairie near Tioga, North Dakota … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043780/photo-image-public-domain-house-united-statesFree Image from public domain license The general-store portion of a nostalgic roadside attraction, the Classical Gas Museum, in the Rocky… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8063785/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain licenseBuildings on the Prado in front of Havana, Cuba. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433806/free-photo-image-poor-interior-slumFree Image from public domain licenseAn old hay barn on the outskirts of Susanville, seat of Lassen County, California. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110341/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseHeadstone of a Confederate cavalryman amid a field of wildflowers in the Old Livingston Cemetery in Livingston in East… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434267/free-photo-image-bluebonnets-cemetery-wildflowerFree Image from public domain licenseTwin Hi-Way Drive-In https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2348153/twin-hi-way-drive-inView license One of several New Vision Co-Op grain elevator and silo complexes in and around Minnesota towns near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069763/photo-image-border-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseLookout Studio at Grand Canyon National Park, is a steep-sided and winding gorge carved by the Colorado River across… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582379/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe rusted-out cabin of an old truck used for irrigation drilling, parked amid the vineyards of Napa Valley, California.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110336/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain license Leaning silo tower and similarly abandoned barn outside Sycamore, Illinois https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068255/photo-image-public-domain-tower-united-statesFree Image from public domain license