Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 2010s

The public library in Colorado City, Colorado

The Pueblo Transit Center, where local, regional, and Greyhound long-distance buses accept riders in Pueblo, Colorado

The Rampart Motel, one of several mid-20th Century-vintage motels along North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado

The Ranch Motel, one of several mid-20th Century-vintage motels and motor courts along North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado

The Rabbit Ears Motel in Steamboat Springs, Colorado The clever name was not the inspiration of the motel's proprietors. It's borrowed from a nearby mountain pass of the same name

The Rialto Theatre building in Alamosa, Colorado

The Robert H. Mollohan Bridge, also known as the High-Level Bridge or "Million-Dollar Bridge," over the Monongahela River in Fairmont, West Virginia

The Roane County Courthouse in Spencer, West Virginia

The Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia

The Robert C. Byrd Bridge, a 720-foot continuous truss bridge that crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia, and Chesapeake, Ohio

The Riviera Lounge, a bar and restaurant in Glenwood Springs, Colorado

The Rumsey Monument, honoring inventor James Rumsey, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The ruins of Dominguez Pueblo, built around 1100 A.D., outside the Anasazi Heritage Center, a museum of the Ancestral Puebloan (or Anasazi) Culture and other Native cultures in the Four Corners region near Dolores in Montezuma County, Colorado

The rushing Crystal River in Marble, a tiny community high in the mountains of Gunnison County, Colorado

The Routt County, Colorado, courthouse

The Rock in the Glen, the natural feature that gave the town of Glenrock, Wyoming, its name

The screen and sound poles (minus their audio boxes) at the Hilltop Drive-In Theater in Chester, West Virginia, which was once one of 75 active drive-in movie theaters in the state

The San Juan Mountains above a meadow in Silverton, the seat of San Juan County and, at 9,313 feet, one of the highest towns in Colorado. The lovely yellow field flowers are, in truth, common dandelions in such profusion that they give the appearance of a floral scene

The San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado's San Juan County, below Silverton

The Shepherdstown "Little House" in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The Silver Nugget Restaurant in Ouray, Colorado

The Shrine of St. Therese Catholic Church in Pueblo, Colorado

The signature clock tower at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado

The sign for the Moorcroft Motel in Moorcroft, Wyoming, borrows part of its look from Devils Tower, one of the state's most recognized natural features. The rock formation is 32 miles away, but Moorcroft is a frequently used turn-off point from Interstate Highway 90 to state roads that lead to the t

The Seneca Rocks, a large crag and local landmark in Pendleton County in the Eastern Panhandle (it has a northern one, too) of West Virginia

The South Jefferson Public Library in the Summit Point settlement of Jefferson County in West Virginia's eastern panhandle

The Snodgrass One-Room Schoolhouse on the campus of Fairmont State University in Fairmont, West Virginia

The Skylark Apartments, one of several mid-20th Century-vintage motels and motor courts-turned-apartment complexes along North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado

The skyline of Denver, Colorado, across Ferril Lake in City Park, from the Anschutz Family Sky Terrace at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

The snowy western U.S. state of Colorado is full of gondolas that carry skiers to mountain heights, but these enclosed cars, in Glenwood Springs, take visitors to the top of Iron Mountain and the entrance to Glenwood Caverns

The South Side Bridge over the Kanawha River in Charleston, West Virginia

The Smoot Theatre in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia

The sports arena and auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, a town on the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park in north-central Colorado

The Summit Point Baptist Church in the Summit Point settlement of Jefferson County in West Virginia's eastern panhandle

The Summers House at the West Virginia State Farm Museum, a 50-acre historical tract to which 32 old farm buildings have been relocated, near the Mason County Fairgrounds outside Point Pleasant, West Virginia

The student Union on the University of Wyoming at Casper College campus in Casper, Wyoming

The State of West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Building on the Capitol grounds in Charleston, closed for renovation at the time of this image in 2015

The statue of Collis Potter Huntington, which stands at the restored Chesapeake & Ohio (now CSX) depot in Huntington, West Virginia

The Stifel-Kossuth House in what was once Wheeling, West Virginia's, most fashionable north end

The student Center at Pueblo Community College in Pueblo, Colorado

The striking Wrangler western-wear store in Wyoming's capital, Cheyenne. The store is famous for its namesake wrangler jeans, especially constructed for cowboys with no inside seam

The Swaney Memorial Library in New Cumberland, West Virginia

The Thatcher Memorial Fountain at the Esplanade in City Park, Denver, Colorado

The Taylor County Public Library in Grafton, West Virginia

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia

The Tom and Anna Giodine Pueblo City-County Library in the eastern reaches of Pueblo, Colorado

The Tops Motel in Idaho Springs, Colorado, which, even in 2015, is touting cable television as an amenity

The town office building in a former high school in Crested Butte, a town heavily populated during ski season located high in the Rocky Mountains in Gunnison County, Colorado

The Upshur County Courthouse in Buckhannon, West Virginia

The United Methodist Church in the old West Virginia Pulp & Paper "company town" of Cass within what is now (2015) the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park in West Virginia

The U.S. Post Office building in Sistersville, West Virginia

The Union National Bank Building in Sistersville, West Virginia

The U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado

The view, once rated by National Geographic Magazine as one of America's most stunning, from the Prospect Peak overlook, above the Potomac River Valley in Morgan County, West Virginia

The Waldo Hotel in Clarksburg, West Virginia

The Newell Toll Bridge across the Ohio River between Newell, West Virginia, and East Liverpool, Ohio

The Vigilant Engine House in Wheeling, West Virginia's Old Town north end

The Visual Arts Building at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming

The Warner Theatre marquee in Morgantown, West Virginia