Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s

Dramatic Sphynx at the Luxor Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada

Dramatic View of John Hancock Building, Boston, Massachusetts

Drifting in the Nebraska sandhills

Dowse Sod House located in Comstock, Custer County, Nebraska

Driftwood on beach at Padre Island, Texas

Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress, looking at one of the rare books in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

Downtown, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dreary hallway in the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary, which operated between 1829 and 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Driftwood shore of the Salton Sea in California, whose surface is 227 feet below sea level

Dunleith by Highsmith

Drum Point Lighthouse, Solomons, Maryland

Dunker Church, Antietam Battlefield, near Sharpsburg, Maryland

Dunes and fence, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Dupont Circle fountain, Washington, D.C

Dunleith is an antebellum mansion in Natchez, Mississippi

Dumaine Street Cottage located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana

Dusk falls on the White House, Washington, D.C

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C

Dulles Airport, Virginia

Drive-through giant Sequoia tree, California

Dulles International Airport, Virginia

During a visit to Washington, D.C., Santa Claus takes a breather

Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C

Dupont Circle fountain by Daniel Chester French, Washington, D.C

Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C

During a visit to Washington, D.C., Santa Claus delivers surprises, perhaps, to the mail slots in the lobby of the newly restored Willard Hotel

Dusk view of the skyline, Seattle, Washington

Dusk view of San Francisco, California

Dusk view of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C

Dusk view of the skyline, Dallas, Texas

Dusk view of Pennsylvania Avenue, America's Main Street in Washington, D.C

Dusk view of the Ed Sullivan Theatre marquee, New York, New York

Dusk view of Buckingham Fountain in Chicago, Illinois

Dusk view of Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

Dusk view of Manhattan Skyline, New York, New York

Dusk view of Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C

Dusk view of Old Harbor on Block Island, Rhode Island

Dusk view of Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Dusk shot over Washington, featuring the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C

Dusk view of the skyline, Houston, Texas

Dusk view of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Dusk view of skyline, New York, New York

Dusk view of Chicago, Illinois

Dusk view of Boston, Massachusetts, from across the Charles River

Dusk view of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C

Dusk view of Atlantic City, New Jersey

Dusk view of George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Dusk view of Washington, D.C

Dusk view of White House, Washington, D.C

Eagle detail in Union Station, Washington, D.C

Dusk, San Francisco, California

Dusk, Las Vegas, Nevada

Dusk view of Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii

Dutch-style windmills, erected about 1900, were part of an elaborate well-watering system constructed to keep sandy Golden Gate Park's fragile foliage green. San Francisco, California

Each year, Philadelphia's big Columbus Day festival assembles at the statue of the great Italian navigator in Marconi Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, now a museum in Door County's Peninsula State Park, Sister Bay, Wisconsin

Eames House, Case Study House #8, Chautauqua Drive, Pacific Palisades, California

Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, Michigan

East wing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C

East Hall, Union Station, converted into a shopping area, Washington, D.C