Artist Andrew Nagem's purple "thing," reminiscent of an octopus, which he named "Refuge," serves as… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068897/photo-image-border-plant-personFree Image from public domain license One of the city's, and perhaps the nation's, most colorful tire shops on Picacho Avenue, the old… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068907/photo-image-border-plant-personFree Image from public domain license Unusual goods for sale line the street outside the Coyote Traders antique-and-collectibles store on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068470/photo-image-border-plant-personFree 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/8105034/photo-image-border-person-artFree Image from public domain license Art on the plaza of Mesilla (locally called Old Mesilla), a historic town adjacent to Las Cruces… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8073076/photo-image-plant-fruit-treeFree 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/8040930/photo-image-heart-border-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Mexican artillery goes into action at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582693/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree 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/434222/free-photo-image-star-flag-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseBoxes containing bees, for pollation, beside a field in Rio Grande County, Colorado - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434647/free-photo-image-beehive-field-agricultureFree Image from public domain licenseA Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) above the Animas River Valley in La Plata County, Colorado USA -… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434301/free-photo-image-america-americas-public-domain-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseCrop rows in San Luis Obispo County, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2221440/san-luis-obispo-countyFree Image from public domain licenseA portion of the largest pueblo at the Wupatki National Monument, a National Park Service-protected settlement of structures… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582425/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree 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 license This giant "muffler man" is just one of many unexpected roadside figures placed outside Sparky's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068414/photo-image-cloud-face-personFree Image from public domain license"Austin, Texas" mural — evoking a postcard image — on Guadalupe Street, north of the University of Texas at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582606/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBarn from which a horse could certainly get out in Rio Grande County, Colorado. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582497/carol-highsmiths-colorado-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 license"Texas" sign on an old building in Stanton, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582576/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA small, centrally located community building in the old German-immigrant settlement of Gruene, now part of New Braunfels… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582638/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree 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 licenseOne of of American artist James Turrell’s more than 82 “Skyspace” installments around the world. This one… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582620/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree 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/434523/free-photo-image-sky-audubon-agricultureFree Image from public domain license Low, but rugged peaks jut from the high prairie in the southern Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8063851/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree 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/421722/free-photo-image-cactus-desert-photographyFree 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/421716/saguaro-cactus-near-tucsonFree 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/421721/free-photo-image-cactus-black-and-white-landscapeFree Image from public domain license The 1979 Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, named after a local fruit grower who was a Union captain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044285/photo-image-border-fruit-skyFree Image from public domain licenseHigh-country stream and cottonwoods in rugged north-central Wyoming's rugged Big Horn County. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434637/free-photo-image-river-water-forestFree Image from public domain licenseThe set sets behind large, metal silos on a farm in Jackson County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434539/free-photo-image-factory-silo-americaFree Image from public domain licenseA farmer kicks up dust as he readies the ground for planting near Bristol in Prowers County, Colorado. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434522/free-photo-image-soil-usa-carol-highsmith-coloradoFree Image from public domain licenseA sunset over the sagebrush in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434428/free-photo-image-sky-america-americas-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseMono Lake, California is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in Mono County, California. It has an unusually productive… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110378/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree 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 licenseWindmill in rural Gray County in the Texas Panhandle. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434277/free-photo-image-windmill-sky-americaFree Image from public domain licenseAngels Camp, California's most famous Gold Rush town, thanks to writer and humorist Mark Twain. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434140/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-wood-gold-rushFree Image from public domain licenseA living sno-globe scene and winter wonderland, created by a sudden mountain blizzard along California Highway 36, south of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2109858/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseSedgwick County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434323/free-photo-image-sunset-colorado-farmFree Image from public domain licenseSunset over the Pacific Ocean at the pier in Pismo Beach, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434186/free-photo-image-beach-sunset-sunriseFree Image from public domain license Exhibit at the Memphis Cotton Museum in Memphis, Tennessee's, Memphis Cotton Exchange Building… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070810/photo-image-face-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseFarmland in Monroe County, Alabama. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433835/free-photo-image-farm-agriculture-tractorFree Image from public domain license Artist Gary Greff, who created several giant scrap-metal art installations along a 32-mile stretch… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064696/photo-image-dragon-cartoon-artFree Image from public domain licenseMono Lake (/ˈmoʊnoʊ/ moh-noh) is a large, shallow saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212382/mono-lakeFree 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/2212380/bodie-ghostFree Image from public domain licenseFort Ross (Russian: Форт-Росс), originally Fortress Ross (Крѣпость Россъ, r Krepostʹ Ross) is a former Russian establishment… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212447/fort-rossFree Image from public domain licenseDirt road beside a cornfield near Clarkesville in Habersham County, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434584/free-photo-image-agriculture-corn-fieldsFree Image from public domain licenseCurious horses on a ranch in Red River County near Detroit, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434153/free-photo-image-horses-equestrian-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseVista House museum in Multnomah County, Oregon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093451/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-oregon-americaFree Image from public domain licenseFall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434391/free-photo-image-colorado-america-americas-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseFall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434396/free-photo-image-yellow-mountains-fall-treesFree Image from public domain licenseFall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434383/free-photo-image-aspen-tree-america-americas-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseA blooming cactus in Purgatoire Canyon, a spectacular rocky gorge in the middle of an otherwise flat prairie at JE Canyon… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434499/free-photo-image-america-americas-public-domain-bloomingFree Image from public domain licenseFall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434395/free-photo-image-aspen-tree-fall-autumnFree Image from public domain licenseFall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434392/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-woods-landscapeFree Image from public domain licenseFall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434393/free-photo-image-landscape-forest-yellowFree Image from public domain licenseCotton field getting plowed near Evansville, Mississippi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422090/free-photo-image-tractor-farmer-agricultural-machineryFree Image from public domain licenseA tractor in Tunica County Mississippi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422077/free-photo-image-agriculture-farmer-tractorFree 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 licenseCotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422083/free-photo-image-cotton-plant-fieldFree Image from public domain licenseLong train in Southern Michigan. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090890/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmith-cc0Free Image from public domain license Marquee of the 1927 Florida Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida, a regional cultural and business… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070907/photo-image-public-domain-united-states-businessFree Image from public domain licenseVivid fall colors accent the aptly named Red Mountain between Ouray and Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582508/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree 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 licenseOld cabin and buckboard wheels in Big Horn County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582722/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-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 licenseSheep graze in rugged Big Horn County, on the Montana border in northern Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582712/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain license Chiles hang on the wall of the La Posta Restaurant on the plaza of Mesilla (locally called Old… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067579/photo-image-cloud-flower-plantFree 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/8069031/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/8040898/photo-image-face-person-churchesFree 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/8067916/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain license Wall art at the La Posta Restaurant on the plaza of Mesilla (locally called Old Mesilla), a historic… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065915/photo-image-horse-frame-personFree Image from public domain licenseAlligator in a pond at Magnolia House and Gardens in Charleston County, South Carolina. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422079/free-photo-image-zoo-alligator-america-public-domainFree 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 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 licenseCurious cattle on a ranch in Red River County near Detroit, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434199/free-photo-image-cows-cattle-carol-highsmithFree 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 licenseStainless steel statue in garden of the Meadows Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092743/free-photo-image-museum-statue-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseThe Avila Beach pier at sunset. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434173/avila-beach-pierFree Image from public domain licenseA lone steer blends nicely into the background north of Big Bend National Park in the "Trans-Pecos" region of southwest… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582585/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licensePaisano Pete in Fort Stockton, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582705/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseLocated on the side of the Roadhouse Relics building on 1st Street in the South Austin neighborhood of the state capital… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582575/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseLonghorn steer wooden sculpture in the arts district of little San Elizario, near El Paso. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582663/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSome would call this eclectic, others funky, art in the vibrant South Austin neighborhood of the state capital. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582708/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA luxurient field of bluebonnets, the state flower, near Marble Falls in the Texas Hill Country. Original image from Carol… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582566/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseOne of seven castings of sculptor Buck McCain's bronze "Invocation" sculpture, which stands outside the Stark Museum of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582617/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseNeon sign for Billy Bob's legendary “boot-scootin’”western nighclub and honky-tonk bar in Fort Worth.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582695/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseHidalgo, Texas's, Killer Bee Statue, a nod to a historical moment in October 1990 when the first known swarm of these… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582653/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene at Inks Lake in the Texas Hill Country, near Burnet. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582685/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCostumed cow and pig walk the carnival grounds at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582582/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBronc riding at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582598/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licensePart of the grounds at Quinta Mazatlan, a historical adobe mansion and nature and birding center in McAllen, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582700/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe "BIG" sculpture (deliberately minus the "I") in Klyde Warren Park, which opened in 2009 in Dallas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582568/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA barge loaded with visitors turns toward a tunnel on the portion of the San Antonio River that winds through San Antonio's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582572/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA Route 66 art deco-style gas station and cafe from the 1930s in the Texas Panhandle town of Shamrock has been preserved as… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582660/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThis business in Fredericksburg, in the Texas Hill Country, calls itself the "Talk of the Town." Perhaps it's because of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582594/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA massive cloud presages a thunderstorm above Groom, a tiny community along old U.S. Route 66 in the Texas Panhandle.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582567/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseDusk shot of the neon sign for the Maverick Inn in Alpine, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582654/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree 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 license