A cow skull that's part of the garden ornamentation at Quinta Mazatlan, a historical adobe mansion within a nature and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582668/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA cow skull - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434231/free-photo-image-die-carol-highsmith-texasFree Image from public domain licenseSanctuary of Misión San Juan Capistrano, now known as simply "Mission San Juan," was established in 1716 as… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582601/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe adobe home of William Ide at the William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park in Red Bluff, California. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212388/adobe-state-historic-parkFree Image from public domain licenseThe adobe home of William Ide at the William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park in Red Bluff, California. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212460/adobe-state-historic-parkFree Image from public domain licenseThe Contrabando, a ghost town within Big Bend Ranch State Park, west of Lajitas, Texas, on Texas State Highway 170. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582571/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBougainvillea explode with color outside this Tucson, Arizona, cottage, which, like many modest homes in town, turn mundane… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582428/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain license Old-style adobe building adorned with hot-pepper chiles in Taos, New Mexico, once a sleepy southern… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042649/photo-image-plant-art-mountainsFree 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 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 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 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 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 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 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/421721/free-photo-image-cactus-black-and-white-landscapeFree 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/421722/free-photo-image-cactus-desert-photographyFree 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 licenseSand dunes in Southern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434101/pink-sand-dunesFree 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 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 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 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 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 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"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 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 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 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 licenseSand dunes in Southern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434133/free-photo-image-desert-sand-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseA portion of Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434577/pink-sand-dunesFree 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 licenseAttractive entrance to an estate in Laredo, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582562/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 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 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 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 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 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 licenseLucio Jimenez, Pablo Martinez, Carlos Lara and Javier Rodrigjez of the the Los Liberadores Group pose menacingly at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582667/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 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 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 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 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 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 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 licenseSunset on U.S. 62/U.S. 180 east of El Paso. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582633/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license San Jose de Gracia Church's interior in New Mexico. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092232/free-photo-image-mexico-carol-highsmith-newFree Image from public domain licensePart of an elaborate "fish mural," painted in 1906 by a local (reputedly one-armed) fisherman on the arcade of the Champion… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582629/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSand dunes in Southern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434128/sand-dunes-southern-californiaFree 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 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 licenseAt the ”Cadillac Ranch" along Old U.S. Route 66 outside Amarillo, Texas, visitors are encouraged to bring along a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582657/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseOne of the twice-daily parades of longhorn steers (for tourists' enjoyment) up Exchange Street in the Stockyards District of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582639/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree 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 licenseA horse stands in a wildflower-rich National Park Service meadow in Johnson City, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582677/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 licenseCountry singer-songwriting legend Willie Nelson, age 80 at the time of this photograph, performs with his band, "Family," at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582680/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 licenseDusk view of the Dallas, Texas skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582596/carol-highsmiths-texas-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 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 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 licenseThe Tejano Monument, a sculpture on the Texas Capitol Grounds that salutes Texas's first cowboys — Spanish "Tejanos"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582666/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA mountain biker tests a rugged path amid the rock formations in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in the Texas Panhandle.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582637/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA youngster enjoys a display of inflated Easter bunnies for sale on a San Antonio streetcorner. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582618/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 licenseDusk view of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, known locally as simply "The Modern." The originating museum was first… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582707/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 licenseMartha Hepworth's 1964 creation, "Squares with Two Circles," at the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum that opened in 2000… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582682/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA grain elevator adjoins freight-rail tracks in Wichita Falls, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582655/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSamantha and Scarlett Santana have some fun in the ride area of a carnival outside the event locations Rodeo Austin, the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582642/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCowhand Lars Hollis atop his horse, Catote, at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582647/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSome of the genuine Old West possessions displayed inside a bunkhouse — a small railroad office moved to the location… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582588/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from a Charrería, sometimes called a "Mexican rodeo," at "A Day in Old Mexico," one of several events at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582579/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseExterior detail of a longhorn on the massive 1933 U.S. Post Office in Fort Worth, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582686/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSkyline view of Atlanta, the capital city of the southern U.S. state of Georgia and the state's largest city. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091978/free-photo-image-aerial-view-america-atlantaFree Image from public domain licenseCity of Atlanta, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090659/free-photo-image-aerial-view-america-atlantaFree Image from public domain licenseCity of Atlanta, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091847/free-photo-image-aerial-view-america-atlantaFree Image from public domain licenseMount Vernon, a near (but larger) replica in Dallas, Texas, of George Washington's Virginia estate home. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582573/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license