Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s

Beaux-Arts Colonial-style McFaddin-Ward historic home, completed in 1905 in Beaumont, Texas

Bedroom in the residence of the Ambassador of Belgium in Washington, D.C

Bedroom, Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill or Shakertown, Kentucky

Bedroom shoes given to Mr. Willard by Abraham Lincoln after he wore them when he stayed at the historic Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., during his inaugural

Bedroom at Petersen House, where President Abraham Lincoln died in 1865 after being shot by assassin John Wilkes Booth, across the street at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C

Belgian Embassy, Washington, D.C

Bell tower at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Bell Manor Road Bridge over Conowingo Creek, Conowingo, Maryland

Behind the White House, view of the Washington Monument in scaffolding, Washington, D.C

Belles at Cypress Gardens theme park, Winter Haven, Florida

Bench on the National Mall 16652v

Below Bear Mountain bridge, Appalachian Trail, New York

Ben's Chili Bowl, Washington, D.C

Below deck on the Battleship Texas, moored in Houston, Texas

Belvedere Mansion, Galena, Illinois

Belongings found on the body of John Wilkes Booth on April 26, 1865. Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C

Ben's Chili Bowl, a favorite of Washingtonians, and occasional presidents, Washington, D.C

Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bennies Hill Road Bridge, Middletown, Maryland, built about 1880

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site on the Santa Fe Trail in eastern Colorado

Beth Shalom Synagogue, in suburban Elkins Park, outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Stoddert Middle School, Temple Hills, Maryland

Bench on the National Mall, Washington, D.C

Bibles, including the top two in German, in "Amish Country," Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Berghoff's Restaurant, long an institution in Chicago, Illinois

Bestpitch Ferry Road Bridge over the Transquaking River in remote Dorchester County, Maryland

Bennies Hill Road Bridge over Catoctin Creek, Middletown, Maryland

Benjamin Franklin by John J. Boyle Highsmith

Benjamin Franklin by John J. Boyle Highsmith (cropped)

Bike race on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago sports fan's landmark, Chicago, Illinois

Billy Penn Statue on City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Billiards player from the old Pocket Lounge, now consigned to the city's Neon Museum Boneyard, Las Vegas, Nevada

Birch trees in Utah high country

Biltmore Mansion, Asheville, North Carolina

Binion's Horseshoe Casino sign at Neon Boneyard, Las Vegas, Nevada

Birches in Utah's Dixie National Forest

Bill Clinton speaks at the 1997 dedication of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Bicylists round the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Detroit's Belle Isle, a once-posh island park in the Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan

Birthplace of Astrophysics, the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin

Blacksmith shop at Kirkwood Ranch on the Snake River, Hells Canyon, Idaho

Block Island Light, Block Island, Rhode Island

Blue Bridge, Appalachian Trail

Bloody Lane, Antietam Battlefield, near Sharpsburg, Maryland

Block of Chinatown in San Francisco, California

Blue Bridge over the north branch of the Potomac River, Cumberland, Maryland

Boats sitting in drydock in New England

Bluffs above the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park in Texas

Boats congregate at the harbor, Kittery Point, Maine

Boats lined up in the Charles River, Boston, Massachusetts

Boat traveling on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal picks up tourist in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C

Boats in Gig Harbor, Washington, with Mt. Rainier in the distance

Bob "Sully" Sullivan displays his produce at the Olympia Farmers' Market in Olympia, Washington, the state's second-largest, behind Pike Place in Seattle

Boat and Palm tree outline at a Hawaiian beach

Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts

Borax wagons, Death Valley, California

Boro Park, Brooklyn, New York

Bottle House, Hillsville, Virginia