America's first declared national monument (in 1906): Devils Tower - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434370/free-photo-image-forest-wyoming-landscapeFree Image from public domain licenseAmerica's first declared national monument (in 1906): Devils Tower in northeast Wyoming, also known by more benign names… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582788/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseDeer in the tall grass below Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434374/free-photo-image-deer-america-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseView of Meridian Lake and Mount Crested Butte above the Colorado city of Crested Butte on the high, dirt Washington Gulch… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434339/free-photo-image-lake-road-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license These cabins on a hill, evoking an Old West town, attract potential customers to real cabins near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067051/photo-image-public-domain-bear-hillFree Image from public domain licenseA sizable barn near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212458/wooden-barn-the-countrysideFree Image from public domain licenseView of Meridian Lake and Mount Crested Butte above the Colorado city of Crested Butte on the high, dirt Washington Gulch… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582501/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 licenseInterior of the Slogar Bar and Restaurant in Crested Butte, a Gunnison County, Colorado, town -- heavily populated in winter… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582519/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBell Rock Formation at Sedona, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421706/free-photo-image-sedona-arizona-public-domain-popularFree Image from public domain licenseLandscape, including many wildflowers for which the area is famous, around Crested Butte, Colorado. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582494/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFat and sassy prairie dogs on the grounds of Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434362/free-photo-image-squirrel-prairie-dog-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseA fat and sassy prairie dog on the grounds of Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434365/prairie-dogFree 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/421807/monument-valley-arizonaFree Image from public domain licenseAt least thirteen named canyons and numerous buttes and mountains surround the Arizona city of Sedona, and many of those… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582363/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAn American grizzly bear at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434355/free-photo-image-bear-zoo-animalFree Image from public domain licenseAn American grizzly bear at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434350/free-photo-image-bear-cheyenne-mountain-zoo-coloradoFree 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 licenseA sizable barn near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2109862/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree 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/434344/free-photo-image-dirt-road-scenicFree Image from public domain licenseThe famous red-sandstone formations that surround Sedona, Arizona, a popular tourist destination whose main attraction are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582368/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe famous red-sandstone formations that surround Sedona, Arizona, a popular tourist destination whose main attraction are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582382/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licensePastoral scene in the Belle Fourche River Valley above Hulett in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582763/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMonument Valley, a Navajo Nation tribal park whose red-sandstone formations on the Colorado Plateau lie mostly in Arizona… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421959/monument-valleyFree Image from public domain licenseMonument Valley, perhaps the most enduring and definitive images of the American West. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421694/free-photo-image-desert-arizona-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseCoit Tower and Alcatraz view of San Francisco. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110356/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain license The mansion at the Arbor Lodge State Historical Park in Nebraska City, Nebraska … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043056/photo-image-public-domain-city-united-statesFree 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 license Pathway on the grounds of the Arbor Lodge State Historical Park in Nebraska City, Nebraska … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043232/photo-image-public-domain-city-united-statesFree 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/421888/free-photo-image-desert-carol-highsmith-landscapeFree Image from public domain licenseCarved Warrior Indian Wood Art in Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, Oregon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092849/free-photo-image-indian-america-americanFree 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/434322/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-america-americas-public-domainFree 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/434315/free-photo-image-carol-america-americas-public-domainFree 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 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 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 licenseScenery at Colorado National Monument USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434312/free-photo-image-public-domain-americaFree 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/434310/free-photo-image-canyons-america-americas-public-domainFree 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/434318/free-photo-image-colorado-carol-highsmith-americaFree 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 license A portion of the Carhenge outdoor monument to automobiles near Alliance in northwest Nebraska, built… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8073138/photo-image-public-domain-united-states-worldFree Image from public domain licenseLobby, including several Native American decorative touches, at the Bright Angel Lodge, which sits near the Bright Angel… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582411/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseIn 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212456/watch-tower-fieldFree Image from public domain licenseAmerica's first declared national monument Devils Tower in northeastern Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093678/free-photo-image-america-beautiful-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseRugged terrain north of Big Bend National Park in the "Trans-Pecos" region of southwest Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582577/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA distant butte near Truxton, along old U.S. Highway 66 in Mohave County, Arizona. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582268/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAn American grizzly bear at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434359/free-photo-image-bear-animal-grizzlyFree Image from public domain license Artist Sue Kalicki's "Seasons of Life" sculpture on the grounds of the Arbor Lodge State Historical… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040699/photo-image-plant-grass-treeFree Image from public domain licensePart of Watts Towers, a collection of structures and art in the low-income Watts section of Los Angeles, California. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212439/watts-towersFree Image from public domain licenseThe Tower Bridge, The Tower Bridge, is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in Yolo… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110787/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseThe Tower Bridge Sacramento river, USA - San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, USA - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434156/free-photo-image-bridge-architecture-sacramentoFree Image from public domain license Stagecoach at Dobby's Frontier Town outside Alliance in northwest Nebraska https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041822/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseBig brown bear at the Wild Animal Sanctuary near Keenesburg, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422125/free-photo-image-animal-bear-sanctuaryFree Image from public domain license An old savings-bank building and the adjacent, current (as of 2021) Elks Club lodge in Deadwood, a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043547/photo-image-public-domain-black-hillsFree Image from public domain licenseFallingwater, also known as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence, is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/555054/free-photo-image-waterfall-architecture-frank-lloyd-wrightFree Image from public domain licenseDallas skyline at night. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434259/free-photo-image-cityscape-texas-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseThe Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110807/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseArizona's Grand Canyon Watch Tower. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433909/free-photo-image-tower-carol-highsmith-desertFree Image from public domain licenseThe Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110784/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseOn October 1, 1891, Stanford University opened its doors after six years of planning and building. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110376/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseA Dusk View of the Seattle Skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421818/free-photo-image-city-night-carol-highsmith-architectureFree Image from public domain licenseOne of what are fairly common bear-crossing signs in California's Sierra Mountains. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434159/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-california-bearsFree Image from public domain licenseBrown bear, baring his teeth, at the Wild Animal Sanctuary near Keenesburg, Colorado. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422128/free-photo-image-bear-animal-grizzlyFree Image from public domain licenseBig brown bear at the Wild Animal Sanctuary near Keenesburg, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422127/free-photo-image-bear-animal-carol-highsmithFree 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"Alpine Loop" San Juan Mountains above Silverton, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434305/free-photo-image-forest-colorado-pineFree 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 license A portion of the Carhenge outdoor monument to automobiles near Alliance in northwest Nebraska, built… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042858/photo-image-plant-grass-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/8046441/photo-image-art-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Odd metal art adjacent to the Carhenge outdoor monument to automobiles near Alliance in northwest… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070446/photo-image-plant-tree-artFree Image from public domain license A one-car sample of the Carhenge outdoor monument to automobiles near Alliance in northwest… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070202/photo-image-plant-tree-artFree Image from public domain licenseNeon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the northern end of the sweeping Owens Valley in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212445/thunderbird-hotel-signFree Image from public domain licenseLake Molas in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado's San Juan County, USA - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434303/free-photo-image-snow-scenic-natureFree Image from public domain licenseSpectacular Rocky Mountain valley outside Telluride, Colorado - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434388/free-photo-image-lake-landscape-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseLake Molas in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado's San Juan County, USA - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434306/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-colorado-americaFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Guadalupe Mountains in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Hudspeth County, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434233/free-photo-image-guadalupe-mountains-texas-park-americaFree Image from public domain licenseViews of the Providence Mountains from the desert floor in the Mojave National Preserve in southwestern California. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110331/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseA newell post carved by Works Progress Administration workers during the Great Depression at Timberline Lodge, midway up… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2347492/photo-image-person-wood-artView licenseMammoth Creek. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434131/free-photo-image-mammoth-dawn-natureFree Image from public domain licenseFall in the San Juan Mountains of Conejos County, Colorado, near the New Mexico border - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434459/free-photo-image-colorado-fall-autumnFree Image from public domain licenseRocky Mountains National Park Colorado, USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434342/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-colorado-forestFree Image from public domain licenseFall in the San Juan Mountains of Conejos County, Colorado, near the New Mexico border - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434446/free-photo-image-colorado-autumn-forest-treesFree Image from public domain licenseScenery at Colorado National Monument - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434309/colorado-national-monumentFree Image from public domain licenseA Dusk View of the Seattle Skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421823/free-photo-image-seattle-city-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseRubble removed from Ground Zero, site of the attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421974/free-photo-image-rubble-tragedy-ruinsFree Image from public domain licenseAerial view of Chicago. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433927/free-photo-image-chicago-sears-tower-tourismFree Image from public domain license Black bears are a selling point for Gatlinburg, a small city in southeast Tennessee known as the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8066665/photo-image-mountains-animal-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, looking toward North Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434582/free-photo-image-georgia-appalachian-mountainsFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434346/free-photo-image-colorado-lake-forest-landscape-americaFree Image from public domain licenseScene in the San Juan Mountains above Silverton, Colorado, along the mostly dirt-and-gravel "Alpine Loop" - Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434308/free-photo-image-trees-carol-mountainsFree 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 license A portion of the Carhenge outdoor monument to automobiles near Alliance in northwest Nebraska, built… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8060569/photo-image-art-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain license