Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 2010s

Motel in Orick, California

Motel 66, Barstow, California

Motel in Barstow, California

Motel sign in Northern California along the Pacific Coast Highway

Motel in Northern California along the Pacific Coast Highway

Motel, Bridgeport, California, on the eastern slope of Sierra Mountains, and the county seat of Mono County

Mosaic of Christ on the side of the Hesburgh Library entitled "The Word of Life," but often referred to as Touchdown Jesus at the University of Notre Dame, a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana

Mount Shasta, is located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California

Mount Shasta located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California

Mountain peaks at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California

Mount Shasta, located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California

Mountainside trail in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, leading to the viewpoint of jagged rock formations at the pinnacle of Castle Crags State Park, south of Dunsmuir, California

Muir Woods, a National Park Service site named for John Muir in California

Muir Woods National Monument, located on the Pacific coast of southwestern Marin County, California

Muni light rail transit car in the Castro District, a neighborhood in Eureka Valley in San Francisco, California

Mural "The Bridge" near City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, California

Mural along Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California

Mural "Positively Haight" in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California

Mural at Cole Fox Hardware, San Francisco, California

Mural by M.J. Scott, San Francisco, California

Mural at Amargosa Opera House, a remarkable image from what is largely a ghost town: Death Valley Junction, just outside Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, California

Mural at Amargos Opera House, a remarkable image from what is largely a ghost town: Death Valley Junction, just outside Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, California

Mural by Mars-1 located at Jessie Street and 6th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California

Mural in San Francisco, California

Mural in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California

Mural on sculptural mural building on the corner of 6th St. and Howard St. in San Francisco, California

Mural: Real Estate and Land Co. in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe

Murals at Rincon Annex Post Office 20870v

Murals at Rincon Annex Post Office 20871v

Murals at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, California

Murals in the Mission District of San Francisco, California

Murals: Merced, Goddess of the Universe and Lourdes, Mother Earth. San Francisco, California

Murals, San Francisco, California

Muscle Beach, on the Venice Boardwalk, hosted more than the usual beef Wednesday. July 4 brings in the annual Independence Day Mr. and Mrs. Muscle Beach contest, and amateurs and pros alike were out in force

Musicians in Huntington Beach, California

Near Amtrak station, Meriden, Connecticut

Needles, Mojave Desert, California

Neighborhoods in San Francisco, California

Neon sign for the Grotto Fish Market, Old Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, California

Neon sign at the Willo Steakhouse and saloon, an authentic California roadhouse located on Historic Hwy 49 between Nevada City and the Sierra Buttes country along the South Fork of the Yuba River

Neon sign advertising chop suey at an Asian cafe in downtown Napa, California

Neon sign for Foster's Bighorn Bar and Restaurant in Rio Vista, California

Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the northern end of the sweeping Owens Valley in the Eastern Sierra Mountains

Neon sign at Rossetti's Bar in Valley Springs, California

Neon sign on Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California

Neon sign at the Buffalo Club, a sophisticated restaurant where movie stars and famous people dine. Santa Monica, California

New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California

New Melones Lake, near Columbia, California

Red Coca Cola sign in San Francisco, California

Nickel & Nickel Winery, California

Newport Beach is located in the coastal center of Orange County, California

Red Moose, Sierra City, California

Nitecap bar sign in San Francisco, California

Northern California along the Pacific Coast Highway

Northern California redwoods

Nuclear power plant in northern California

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

Old motel sign in Lee Vining, California, the closest town to the east entrance of Yosemite National Park

Offices, China Alley, Ventura, California

Old neon motel sign on King's Highway in California