Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 2010s

Scenic view: farm in Northeast California

Road signs on Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast of California

Roadway, Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast of California

Robert Griffin is no spray-painting vandal. Like thousands of other visitors to the "Cadillac Ranch" along Old U.S. Route 66 outside Amarillo, Texas, he is encouraged to bring a along a spray can to add a touch or two to the unusual public art installation. Thus the overall look remains the same ove

Rock face at Yosemite National Park which spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in California

Rocky shoreline of Morro Bay State Park, on the southern tip of Morro Bay on California's Central Coast

Scenic view: cafe in Northeast California

Scenic view of Mount Shasta in Northeast California

Route 66 neon sign, part of a display of vintage and neon from historic U.S. Route 66 on the median strip of Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California

Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Galveston, Texas

Sammy Kenyon romps after his cousin, Emma Mozenter, on a pathway next to the famous canals of Venice Beach in the western reaches of Los Angeles, California

Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree located in Santa Barbara, California, is believed to be the largest Ficus macrophylla in the country

Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast of California

Santa Cruz Island in Santa Barbara Channel of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California

Santa Inés Mission in Santa Ynez, California

Sapphire Princess cruise ship off coast of Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast of California

Scenic view of barn in Northeast California

Scene, including a barracks building, from California's Fort Tejon State Park in Grapevine Canyon on the main route between California's central valley and Southern California

Scenic view: donkey in Northeast California

Scenic view in Northeast California

Scenic views along route 46 in California

Scenic view: Modoc County Library in Northeast California

Scenic view: logging in Northeast California

Scenic view: horse farm in Northeast California

Scenic view: roadside metal sculptures north of Adin, California

Scenic view: horses in Northeast California

Scenic views of the Pacific Coast in Northern California

Sea Ranch, California is noted for its distinctive architecture

Ship's prow-like extension of the Staples Center sports arena, home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers professional basketball teams and the Los Angeles Kings pro hockey team. Los Angeles, California

Sign for the Star Motel in Lompoc, California

Skyline of Los Angeles, California, at dusk. The tall building is the Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Skyline view of Los Angeles, California

Skyline of Central Los Angeles, California

Skyline of Central Los Angeles, California, showing the contrast between old (including a tattoo parlor, foreground, and new)

Skyline of Dallas, Texas, at dusk

Skyline view of Aon Center, Los Angeles, California

Skyline view of Los Angeles, California, centering on the 13-story Eastern Columbia Building in the Broadway Theater District

Some of the unusual structures at Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in Simi Valley, California

Stairs at the J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Stair hall at Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine

Stairway at the Winston E. Arnow U.S. Post Office and Court House, Pensacola, Florida

Stairway at the Wrigley Memorial on Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast of California

Stairway and elevator. The Robert S. Vance Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse is a four story white marble building in the classical revival style that occupies an entire block on 5th Avenue, between 18th and 19th Streets, in the central business district of Birmingham, Alabama Physical descriptio

Stairway at the Ed Edmondson Courthouse, also known as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, occupies an entire block between West Broadway, West Okmulgee Avenues and Fifth Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma

Stairway at the Federal Building and U.S. Court House, Peoria, Illinois

Stairway at Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine

Stairway. Lawton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Lawton, Oklahoma

Stand for water tanks in Watsonville, California

Stairway. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Asheville, North Carolina

Stairway. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Stairway. The Robert S. Vance Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse is a four story white marble building in the classical revival style that occupies an entire block on 5th Avenue, between 18th and 19th Streets, in the central business district of Birmingham, Alabama

Statue of Friar Junipero Serra at Santa Inés Mission in Santa Ynez, California

Statue of Father Junipero Serra at Old Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, a city in San Benito County, California

Statue of Luke at Old Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, a city in San Benito County, California

Storefront on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California

Stone Lagoon school in Northern California

Sunset over the Pacific Ocean at the pier in Avila Beach, California

Sunday school chapel at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, the only building in Berkeley, California, that has been designated a National Landmark

Surfer in Montecito, California

Swimming pool at the Del Marcos Hotel, Palm Springs, California