Prized, but unfortunately stuffed, longhorn steer at the Zapata County Fair in Zapata, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582586/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCarlos Lara at the Zapata County Fair in Zapata, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092724/free-photo-image-cowboy-america-carlos-laraFree 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 licenseBig Tex, 55-foot-tall statue and marketing icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582684/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseStella Tedesg and James M. McGroarty, the Queen and King of Mardi Gras — a Cowboy Mardi Gras — outside the 11th… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582692/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseParked freight trains at the Kansas City Southern yards in Wharton County in southeast Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434282/free-photo-image-train-logistics-railwayFree Image from public domain licenseMetal side of a barn, decorated with a painting of the Flag of Texas, near Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582612/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA fanciful map of Texas, depicted on a downtown wall in Pecos, the seat of Reeves County. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582623/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThis is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in the corner of a vendor's operation in Havana, Texas, a tiny town in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582648/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseUntitled box-like art, sometimes called "Judd's cubes," by "Minimalist" artist Donald Judd (1928-1994) -- though he detested… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582627/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCacti in a field along Park Road 4S, east of Longhorn State Par, near Burnet, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582613/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSamuel "Tamehorse" Gallegos, photographed in Pueblo, Colorado, at a gathering of North American Native People. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/487711/north-american-nativeFree Image from public domain licenseWranglers of the historic Lazy B Ranch on the New Mexico border — in fact, entered from New Mexico — in eastern… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582245/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCalf-roping event at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in Phoenix, open only to Native Americans with proof of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582370/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSaddle-bronc contest at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition in Phoenix, open only to Native Americans with proof of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582355/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe 1908 Fort Bend County Courthouse in Richmond, Texas, southwest of Houston. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582605/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSunset scene in rural Tom Green County, Texas, northeast of San Angelo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582641/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRock drawings, or pictographs, in a restricted area of Hueco Tanks State Historic Site near El Paso in El Paso County, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582676/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA longhorn steer appears to pose in a thicket in rural Kinney County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582703/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license"Uncle Bob" Beringer, a historical interpreter, is photographed on an authentic early-Texas sharecropper's cabin on the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582634/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Miguel Archangel Catholic Church in little Los Ebanos, a community on the Rio Grande River in Hidalgo County, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582662/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFormations in the "Cave Without a Name," located near Boerne in Kendall County, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582669/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA downtown mural, by western artist Stylle Read, in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County, Texas, It celebrates the life… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582619/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSaddle-bronc contest in Phoenix at the All-Indian Rodeo, a featured competition, open only to Native Americans with proof of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582326/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMural outside the venue for the "Heart of Texas Quadruple Bypass Music Festival," more often known simply as the "Heart of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582702/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe sixth-floor storeroom of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, where Lee Harvey Oswald, the presumed (by most)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582673/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from the “Bad Company Rodeo,” part of the annual Poteet Strawberry Festival in Poteet, a small city in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582578/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582649/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseWith the help of other local artists, muralist Stylle Read painted this stylized mural in downtown Alpine, Texas, to help… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582704/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseShriner and sphynx statues outside the Sharon Shrine Center, a Shrine-organization-related restaurant and event center in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582599/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMetal art along the road from Johnson City to Kerrville, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582683/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license The fields are fallow for winter, but the sale of farm equipment knows no season here in Windom and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8054862/photo-image-public-domain-united-states-winterFree Image from public domain license A richly shimmering stained-glass window of the Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040920/photo-image-face-person-churchesFree Image from public domain license A richly shimmering stained-glass window of the Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040900/photo-image-person-churches-artFree Image from public domain license A richly shimmering stained-glass window of the Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8047156/photo-image-face-person-churchesFree Image from public domain license One of several exuberantly painted adjacent buildings on a narrow, two-lane street that was once the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068083/photo-image-border-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA whimsical dinosaur figure in southern Brewster County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092522/free-photo-image-dinosaurs-america-big-bend-national-parkFree Image from public domain licenseThe Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs, regarded by many as the most beautiful courthouse in Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582583/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe "Lighthouse," the signature formation in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Armstrong County in the Texas Panhandle. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582591/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseResults of a bountiful pecan harvest in North Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582622/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA statue by Mexican artist Jorge Marín, part of his "Wings of the City" exhibit outside the Brownsville, Texas… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582610/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSteve Schmidt is the sheriff in town at the Enchanted Springs Ranch and Old West theme park, special-events venue, and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582628/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMountain man statue at Fort Bridger in Uinta County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094343/free-photo-image-america-bronze-statue-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseAmish in Washington County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092908/free-photo-image-america-horse-amishFree Image from public domain license Hardy plants jut through the surface at White Sands National Park in southern New Mexico's Tularosa… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068446/photo-image-plants-sands-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Hardy plants jut through the surface at White Sands National Park in southern New Mexico's Tularosa… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071943/photo-image-plants-sands-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseMountain Man character in front of cabins at the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum in Boone, North Carolina. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091618/free-photo-image-america-boone-north-carolinaFree Image from public domain licenseOwner John Kukral wets a line at his Park Range Ranch, near the Wyoming border in Jackson County's scenic North Park valley… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582506/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain license The small Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Hillsboro, near the town of Truth or Consequences… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068452/photo-image-church-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseA carefully restored old Sinclair gasoline station in Snyder, the seat of Scurry County, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582616/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA vintage Dr. Pepper soft-drink outdoor advertisement in Anson, the seat of Jones County, Texas. Original image from Carol… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582643/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFormer U.S. president George W. Bush and his wife near Crawford in McLennon County, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092959/free-photo-image-man-nature-wifeFree Image from public domain licenseT. D. Kelsey’s bronze sculpture of a longhorn cattle drive, called "Texas Gold, a Memorial to the Texas Longhorn" in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582636/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFormer U.S. president George W. Bush fishing in McLennon County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090769/free-photo-image-fishing-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseMan at the Covered Bridge Art Gallery in Rockville, Indiana. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092583/free-photo-image-gallery-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseBig Creek Ranch in Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092151/free-photo-image-people-cow-branding-animal-cattleFree Image from public domain license An Amish man and three boys in a horse-drawn wagon pass in rural Missouri's "Amish County," near the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065219/photo-image-horse-man-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseMontpelier Methodist Church in Baldwin County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433838/free-photo-image-church-architecture-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseOne of three settings in an art installation called "Traveling Man" in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood composed largely of arts… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582584/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRanch manager Mark Dunning strides the property in the company of the ever-present ranch mascot, Tater, at the Big Creek… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582771/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA downtown mural depicting blacksmithing, an important Old West business, in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582635/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA 1950s-vintage truck outside a general store in Jefferson, a town in Marion County, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582644/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseNostalgic sign announcing the Marfa Hill House, or Marfa House on the Hill, an adobe retreat in Marfa, a surprising city in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582632/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAn old gas station (converted to a motorcycle shop) in Jefferson, a town in Marion County in East Texas on whose main street… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582614/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license Anthony Pennock and Shan Nichols's 2008 mosaic mural, "El Rio Grande de Norte, Onate's Proclamation… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072459/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain license The Taos Art Museum in Taos, New Mexico, once a sleepy southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains town… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041800/photo-image-art-mountains-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseCeiling details of the Perot Theatre, a landmark since 1924, when it opened as the Saenger Amusement Company's "Gateway to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582664/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Strater Hotel, opened in 1888 during a mining boom in Durango, Colorado. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582503/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain license A sluice, or water channel, in the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in southern Kentucky's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068922/photo-image-water-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseLandscape near the Colorado border in southern Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582754/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain license A stretch of the Rio Grande River near Embudo in northern New Mexico, closer to its source in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041271/photo-image-border-mountains-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseCrater Lake, Oregon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421827/free-photo-image-travel-carol-water-color-backgroundFree Image from public domain licenseBarbecue Pit at the original Salt Lick BBQ, a barbecue restaurant in Dripping Springs, in Hays County, Texas, south of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582658/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license Vintage barn facade at Cannonsburgh Village, a reimagined southern village composed of buildings… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041663/photo-image-vintage-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseCentennial Hall, a 94,000-square-foot exhibition hall at Fair Park, the site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition -- and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582621/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license The Leeman House, a circa-1820s two-story log structure at Cannonsburgh Village, a reimagined… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8033144/photo-image-public-domain-house-united-statesFree Image from public domain license The Leeman House, a circa-1820s two-story log structure at Cannonsburgh Village, a reimagined… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070887/photo-image-public-domain-house-united-statesFree Image from public domain license The Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla (locally called Old Mesilla), a historic town… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072840/photo-image-person-church-crossFree Image from public domain license Sanctuary of the Basilica of San Albino on the plaza of Mesilla (locally called Old Mesilla), a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068775/photo-image-person-church-crossFree Image from public domain license This "welcome" mural in Las Cruces, the hub city of southern New Mexico, 27 miles from the border… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068379/photo-image-border-cartoon-birdFree Image from public domain licenseScene in the San Juan Mountains above Silverton, Colorado, along with the mostly dirt-and-gravel "Alpine Loop" that, for… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582485/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseWind Turbines in mass out in the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434065/free-photo-image-windmill-wind-turbines-desertFree Image from public domain licenseRural Arizona near Florence, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421710/free-photo-image-cactus-desert-grayscaleFree Image from public domain license Men enjoy a game at Domino Park in the historic Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070726/photo-image-men-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseCrater Lake, Oregon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422048/free-photo-image-landscape-carol-highsmith-volcanoFree Image from public domain license"Uncle Bob" a historical interpreter at the George Ranch Historical Park in Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3089171/free-photo-image-texas-park-america-bob-beringerFree Image from public domain license The Sierra Vista Cemetery, one of 10 small graveyards in Taos, New Mexico, once a sleepy southern… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8060719/photo-image-art-mountains-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Williamson Chapel, adapted from an early schoolhouse to represent small country churches, stands at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041427/photo-image-churches-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseThe Santa Barbara County Courthouse was dedicated on August 14, 1929 in with the ceremonial setting of a bronze medallion… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212379/the-santa-barbara-county-courthouseFree Image from public domain licenseA cornfield seems to stretch forever in the rolling hills of Audubon County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434524/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-sky-americaFree Image from public domain licenseA cornfield seems to stretch forever in the rolling hills of Audubon County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434528/free-photo-image-america-americas-public-domain-audubon-countyFree Image from public domain license Carney's Men's Wear store in Rochelle, Illinois, lasted 70 years. This now-faded "ghost" ad for the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8048744/photo-image-men-public-domain-united-statesFree 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 licenseTexas is famous for, and even more proud of, its bluebonnet fields, which come to life each spring in the Hill Country. This… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582565/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSaguaro Sentinel. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421887/saguaro-sentinelFree Image from public domain licenseSaguaro Cactus near Tucson, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421729/free-photo-image-cactus-nature-background-desert-mountainFree Image from public domain licenseRed barns ion a tidy Amish farm in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433973/free-photo-image-farm-maryland-barnFree Image from public domain licensePocked-rock formations at Hueco Tanks State Park in West Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582574/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseField of bluebonnets near Boerne, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582646/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseTwo "gunslingers" (historical intrepreters Wes Hughes, left, and Thornton Young) fire away in a showdown on the street at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582630/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license