Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 2010s

Long train rides through Mojave Desert, California

Lone cypress on the 17-Mile Drive, Monterey Peninsula, California

Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California

Looking out at the Pacific Ocean from a beach in California

Monterey Harbor sign, Monterey, California

Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California

Magic tricks are displayed by an artist at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California

Lush vegetation on the winding road to the Rombauer winery in California's Napa Valley

Lush green hills frame rows of power lines west of Modesto in California's San Joaquin Valley

Lucky Strike building in Locke, an unincorporated community in the Sacramento/San Joaqin River Delta in California

Main Street in French Gulch, a tiny settlement west of Redding, California, and near the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

Main Street building in historic Mokelumne Hill, California

Manzanar War Relocation Center, California

Marilyn Monroe plaque in Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, 1218 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, California

Michael Douglas hand prints and shoes imbedded in cement in front of Manns Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California

Mary Pickford star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood, California

Maurizio Florese, owner of the historic car and the Mona Lisa Restaurant, greets his customers. San Francisco, California

Maui Surf & Skate Shop in Venice, a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angeles, California

Meadow between U.S. 395 and Lower Rock Creek Road north of Bishop in Mono County, California

Meadow with mountains in distance, between U.S. 395 and Lower Rock Creek Road north of Bishop in Mono County, California

Merv Griffin gravesite at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, 1218 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, California

Metal warrior sculpture in Venice, a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angeles, California

Michelle and Bill Gentry (and their four-legged friend) cross the original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

Levitated Mass, a rock sculpture by Michael Heizer installed at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California

Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, California

Mime Michael Hansen gets ready for July 4th on Venice Beach in California

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Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California

Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, California

Minneapolis Boiler Works Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel Mission, Carmel California

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel Mission, Carmel, California

Mission San Juan Capistrano in southern California

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel, California

Mission San Juan Capistrano, Southern California

Mission Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara Mission, is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order near present-day Santa Barbara, California

Mission Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara Mission, is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order near present- day Santa Barbara, California

Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California

Mission Santa Cruz was a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order in present-day Santa Cruz, California

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is a Spanish mission founded in 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in the present-day city of San Luis Obispo, California

Mission Santa Clara de Asís, Santa Clara, California

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Mono Lake, a large, shallow saline soda lake in Mono County, California

Monterey Canning Company in Monterey, California

Monterey, California

Monterey Bay, a bay of the Pacific Ocean along the central coast of California

Monorail and arcade games at the 2012 California State Fair held in Sacramento, California

Monorail at the 2012 California State Fair held in Sacramento, California

Monorail and rides at dusk at the 2012 California State Fair held in Sacramento, California

Muni Transit station near the AT&T ball park in San Francisco, California

Moon Walker at the 2012 California State Fair held in Sacramento, California

Muni light rail transit car at Embarcadero, with Bay Bridge in background. San Francisco, California

Morris Chapel at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California

Moss-covered trees along Mill Creek, beside the Bale Grist Mill, now a California Historic Park, operated by the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District on California Highway 29 between St. Helena and Calistoga, California

Moss Landing, California

Motel sign, Yreka, California

Motel 66 sign in Barstow, California

Mosaic at Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Asistencia, founded in early 1784 within the burgeoning Pueblo de Los Angeles. California

Mosaic scene, Olvera Street in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California