Massive machinery at work in the open-pit Wyodak coal mine in the coal-rich Powder River Basin outside Gillette, Wyoming.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434368/free-photo-image-mine-coal-tractorFree Image from public domain licenseRail tracks within 1,500 feet of underground passages at the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434371/free-photo-image-mine-miner-west-virginiaFree Image from public domain licenseMassive machinery at work in the open-pit Wyodak coal mine in the coal-rich Powder River Basin outside Gillette, Wyoming.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434361/free-photo-image-mining-public-domain-trains-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseSavannah River in Savannah, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434297/free-photo-image-fossil-fuels-coal-portFree Image from public domain licenseAn old ore car at the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine in West Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091041/free-photo-image-underground-mining-americaFree Image from public domain licenseBig Brutus a giant strip-mining shovel in Kansas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091003/free-photo-image-america-big-brutus-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseBig Brutus a giant strip-mining shovel in Kansas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090970/free-photo-image-america-big-brutus-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license Row houses in Maysville, Kentucky, an Ohio River port city that, although home to fewer than 10,000… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8049279/photo-image-people-hemp-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseContainer facility at Oakland Harbor. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421962/container-facility-oakland-harborFree Image from public domain licenseBodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212392/bodie-ghostFree Image from public domain licenseBodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212385/bodie-ghostFree Image from public domain licenseMountain-sunset view from Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado - Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434422/free-photo-image-mountains-mountain-range-landscapeFree Image from public domain licenseMountain-sunset view from Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado - Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434454/free-photo-image-colorado-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain license A large Marathon Oil refinery, on the Big Sandy River in the town of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, was… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8049119/photo-image-cloud-sunset-plantFree Image from public domain 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 licenseNuclear plant. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434295/free-photo-image-factory-carol-highsmith-power-linesFree Image from public domain licenseAt the Trinidad Mining Museum in Trinidad, Colorado, old-timers Tom Hay, Alex Gerardo, Gerald Renner, and Bob Butero (left… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582476/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAbandoned cabins near the old mining town of Ironton, between Ouray and Silverton, in San Juan County, Colorado. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582536/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434486/refinery-pascagoulaFree Image from public domain licenseA steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434634/free-photo-image-georgetown-railway-steam-engineFree Image from public domain licenseAerial view in 2014 of the Houston Ship Channel and surrounding energy facilities in Houston, Texas. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434243/houston-ship-channelFree Image from public domain licenseAerial view in 2014 of the Houston Ship Channel and surrounding energy facilities in Houston, Texas. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434245/free-photo-image-lake-aerial-view-houstonFree Image from public domain licenseAerial view in 2014 of the Houston Ship Channel and surrounding energy facilities in Houston, Texas. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434248/free-photo-image-ship-carol-highsmith-shipping-portFree 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 licenseMountain-sunset view from Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434426/mountain-sunset-viewFree Image from public domain licenseThe Argo Gold Mine and Mill, a former mining and milling property consisting of a gold mine and gold mill in Idaho Springs… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582489/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBadlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421740/free-photo-image-black-and-white-photos-national-park-americanFree Image from public domain licenseView from the mountain above Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2371001/photo-image-public-domain-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licensePipes and vats at the Old Country Cheese plant in Cashton, Wisconsin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434549/free-photo-image-factory-dairy-plantFree Image from public domain licenseA whimsical pedestrian-crossing sign in the Terilingua "ghost town". Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434208/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-usa-signFree Image from public domain licenseThe 1892 powerhouse above the Crystal River in what is now the virtual ghost town (except for a handful of summer-only… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582534/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseOld Gasoline Pump in rural Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421885/free-photo-image-oil-gas-pump-petroleumFree Image from public domain licenseAlaska Pipeline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421916/free-photo-image-pipeline-petroleum-oil-fieldFree Image from public domain licenseWork progresses inside the Colorado Stone Quarries mine. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434351/free-photo-image-quarry-carol-highsmith-mineFree Image from public domain licenseMural Bauzite Mining, by Julius Woeltz, in Saline County Courthouse in Benton, Arkansas (2011) photography by Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594979/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseIn 1994, Allen Armstrong (shown here) and his wife, Stephanie, bought and began restoring the Castle Dome City ghost town… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582269/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric re-enactor Dave Johnston at South Park City Museum, a collection of historic buildings in Fairplay, Colorado. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582531/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseView of the snow-capped mountains surrounding Telluride, a historic Colorado mining town turned ski resort. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582471/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAlaska Pipeline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421917/free-photo-image-oil-and-gas-pipeline-naturalFree Image from public domain license The Gavilon Company's feed or fertilizer facility in Central City, Nebraska https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8031426/photo-image-public-domain-city-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseBiosphere 2, a science research facility in Oracle, Arizona, now owned by the University of Arizona. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582397/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseGrain elevator, Idaho (2005) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/591516/carol-highsmiths-idaho-photographFree Image from public domain licenseView of the launch of the Little Joe-5B spacecraft from Wallops Island on April 28, 1961. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441630/free-photo-image-rocket-space-spaceshipFree Image from public domain licenseLaunching of the LJ6 Little Joe on Oct. 4, 1959 at Wallops Island, Va. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441606/free-photo-image-black-and-white-nasa-rocket-launchFree Image from public domain licenseThe Mercury capsule and escape tower are being lowered onto the Little Joe booster for launch on August 21, 1959. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441556/free-photo-image-nasa-abort-test-accomack-countyFree Image from public domain licenseThe Little Joe launch vehicle being readied for a test launch from Wallops in January 1960. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440489/free-photo-image-1960-nasa-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseChinese Camp, a small settlement in Tuolumne County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434149/free-photo-image-ghost-fence-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseScene at the Castle Dome City ghost town, once the boomtown surrounding the Castle Dome mining district above several silver… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582272/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe unique Telluride/Mountain Village gondola above Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582462/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain license Welcome sign with a southern touch in Maysville, Kentucky, an Ohio River port city that, although… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069519/photo-image-plant-people-treeFree Image from public domain license Building in Maysville, Kentucky, an Ohio River port city that, although home to fewer than 10,000… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069197/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseBadlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421739/free-photo-image-landscape-carol-highsmith-badlandsFree Image from public domain license The Stampmill Inn in Lead, a onetime gold-mining boomtown in the Black Hills of South Dakota … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043155/photo-image-gold-public-domain-blackFree Image from public domain licenseLittle Joe-5 prelaunch fittings, 8th Nov. 1960. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439961/free-photo-image-rocket-shuttle-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseEntry tower at Taliesin West, renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert outside… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582319/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSan Francisco Giants baseball team plays the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Ball Park in San Francisco. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110803/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseSan Francisco Giants baseball team plays the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Ball Park in San Francisco. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110355/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseFormations in the Petrified Forest, now part of a U.S. national park near Holbrook in Arizona’s remote Navajo and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582386/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRefinery storage tanks along the Houston Ship Channel. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582587/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license A tugboat pushes barges loaded with coal on the misty Mississippi River as it winds through rural… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8018365/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain license Old Main, the principal administration building at Minot State University at Minot (pronounced MINE… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8066744/photo-image-public-domain-city-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseMagnolia Mobil Gas station, Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594991/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseThe original, greatly refurbished, Phillips 66 gasoline station in little McLean, a town along historic U.S. Route 66 in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582631/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA completely reassembled vintage Texaco Station, near Memphis, Tennessee (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594978/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseIn 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in El Paso, Texas, was restored by antique business owner… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582569/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree 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 license The Pride of Pensacola locomotive, known to train buffs as the 1355, is an 84-foot long steam… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071084/photo-image-steam-public-domain-carFree Image from public domain license Replica of a cabin from the Sigdal Mountains of Norway at the Scandinavian Heritage Park in Minot… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8107751/photo-image-mountains-public-domain-cityFree Image from public domain license The "Be Kind" billboard, whose message origin or intent is unexplained, outside Minot (pronounced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071051/photo-image-public-domain-city-billboardsFree Image from public domain licenseVintage Texaco station in Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594973/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain license Scene at the Lake Valley Historic Site, now (as of 2021) mostly a ghost mining town in New Mexico … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8046888/photo-image-public-domain-lake-united-statesFree Image from public domain license A Norwegian Gol Stave Church replica at the Scandinavian Heritage Park in Minot (pronounced MINE… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071750/photo-image-church-public-domain-cityFree Image from public domain license A mine engine and seasonal engineer in Lead, a onetime gold-mining boomtown in the Black Hills of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042984/photo-image-plant-christmas-personFree Image from public domain license A fairly new and massive grain elevator array in the village of Gordon in northwest Nebraska … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068232/photo-image-cloud-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license An old Garden City Western Railway steam locomotive and coal tender are displayed in a park in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041146/photo-image-steam-public-domain-cityFree Image from public domain license An unexpected assortment of Old Florida-style advertising and theme-park figures collected, and now… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070188/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license A portion of the Burlington Northern Railway's abandoned Gassman Coulee Trestle outside Minot… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042888/photo-image-public-domain-city-united-statesFree Image from public domain license A portion of the Burlington Northern Railway's abandoned Gassman Coulee Trestle outside Minot… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064773/photo-image-public-domain-city-united-statesFree Image from public domain license A mural that captures the colorful history of Lead, a onetime gold-mining boomtown in the Black… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040797/photo-image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA vintage gasoline station display at a tourist-cabin site in Seneca Rocks, West Virginia. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2356153/photo-image-plant-tree-skyView 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 licensePete’s, a vintage gas station in Williams, Arizona, a town of just 3,000 or so residents but a well-known place among… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582410/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseTexas flag, painted on boarded-up window in Brownwood, the seat of Brown County in Central Texas. Original image from Carol… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434225/free-photo-image-texas-flag-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseThe flag of Texas, painted on the side of a bank building in Monahans. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434211/free-photo-image-texas-flag-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseFall scene in Salem, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434049/free-photo-image-america-americas-public-domain-autumnFree Image from public domain licensePumpkin stand in Southington, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434046/free-photo-image-usa-carol-highsmith-highsmithplantsFree Image from public domain licenseThe flag of Texas, depicted on a downtown wall in Pecos, the seat of Reeves County, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434206/free-photo-image-texas-flag-carol-highsmith-public-domainFree Image from public domain licensePainting of the American and Texas flags on a building in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434228/free-photo-image-texas-star-flagFree Image from public domain licensePainting of the American and Texas flags on a building in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434238/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-america-americas-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseNow-incomplete depiction of a Texas flag on a building in Van Horn, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434218/free-photo-image-texas-america-americas-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseA 19-story-high cross near Groom in the Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434280/free-photo-image-cross-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseCorridor. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421910/free-photo-image-brown-corridor-acrossFree Image from public domain licenseAspens in San Juan County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434343/free-photo-image-forest-colorado-aspen-treesFree Image from public domain licenseThe barren Nevada desert near Las Vegas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434017/free-photo-image-desert-mountain-photography-landscapeFree Image from public domain licenseThe barren Nevada desert near Las Vegas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434022/free-photo-image-desert-america-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseBoats congregate at the Kittery Point, Maine harbor. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433897/boats-the-harborFree Image from public domain licenseBirch trees in Utah high country. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433993/free-photo-image-birch-carol-highsmith-forestFree Image from public domain license