Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 2010s

Members of the Morales family at play on an inflatable water slide outside a home in Dallas, Texas

Metal buildings near the deserted town of Lobo, south of Alpine in Brewster County, Texas

Mesa formation north of Big Bend National Park in Texas's "Trans-Pecos" region

Metal side of a barn, decorated with a painting of the Flag of Texas, near Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas

Metal figure at Rustic Center and Interiors, a rustic-furniture store along U.S. Highway 290 in Washington County, Texas, east of Brenham

Metal roof channeling the Texas Lone Star state flag in northeast Texas

Metal figures at Rustic Center and Interiors, a rustic-furniture store along U.S. Highway 290 in Washington County, Texas, east of Brenham

Michael Thatcher of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Caitlin Cavannaugh of Chicago, Illinois; and Andi Dema of Bloomington, Indiana, are three members of the company of the Texas Shakespeare Festival at Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas

Michael Thatcher of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a company member of the Texas Shakespeare Festival at Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas

Mexican scouts advance at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history retelling and demonstration of the historic Battle of San Jacinto in La Porte, Texas

Mexican forces march toward Texan lines at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history retelling and demonstration of the historic Battle of San Jacinto in La Porte, Texas

Michelle Cannon, owner of the Cannon Quarter Horse ranch near the town of Venus in north-central Texas, spends many hours each week among the horses

Michelle Cannon, left, and Wade Meador at the Cannon Quarter Horse ranch near the town of Venus in north-central Texas

Michelle Brown, a homeless woman who is a client of the Dallas International Street Ministries, a Christian-based center in a poor Dallas, Texas, neighborhood

Michelle Cannon owns and runs the Cannon Quarter Horse Ranch near Venus, Texas

Michelle Cannon, right, owns and runs the Cannon Quarter Horse Ranch near Venus, Texas. Her riding companion is Wade Meador, a horse trainer based in Marietta, Oklahoma, trains the Cannon Ranch's horses for various kinds of shows and performances

Mexican forces advance at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history retelling and demonstration of the historic Battle of San Jacinto in La Porte, Texas

Mexican scouts head out at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history retelling and demonstration of the historic Battle of San Jacinto in La Porte, Texas

Midwinter rural scene in far-west Texas

Milo Colton, whose heritage is Cherokee, at the Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an official Native American Pow Wow that is part of the annual, month-long Fiesta San Antonio in Texas

Mike Tyler, a University of Texas Science Center tissuing specialist in San Antonio, Texas, holds his creation exhibited in the "Hats Off to Fiesta!" event, sponsored by the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cultures, as part of the month-long San Antonio, Texas, Fiesta celebra

Mike Maltby and David Mangold, two cowpokes who help herd Texas Longhorn cattle during a twice-daily stroll (as opposed to any "running of the bulls") in the Stockyards Station neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas

Miscellaneous pots and pans at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna (also Mission Concepcion), which was established in 1716 as Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de los Hainais in East Texas

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, now commonly called Mission Concepcion. San Antonio, Texas

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, better known as simply "Mission Concepcion" today, is one of four surviving Spanish missions in San Antonio, Texas

Minu Martinez, of San Antonio, Texas, models her creation exhibited in the "Hats Off to Fiesta!" event, sponsored by the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cultures, as part of the month-long Fiesta San Antonio celebration

Mission San Francisco de la Espada, better known today simply as "Mission Espada," in San Antonio, Texas

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, a Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas

Mission San Francisco de la Espada, known today as Mission Espada, San Antonio, Texas

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, one of four Spanish missions in San Antonio, Texas

Mission San Juan Capistrano, also known today as Mission San Juan was originally christened in 1716 as La Mision San Jose de los Nazonis when it was located in East Texas

Mission San Juan Capistrano, now known as simply "Mission San Juan," was established in 1716 as Mission San Jose de los Nazonis in East Texas

Modern farm buildings at the Porter Farm, also known as Walter C. Porter Farm, near Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas

Modernist sign for the Thunderbird Motel in Marfa, a community known for its art galleries and other art installations, in Presidio County, Texas

Modernistic touches at the Main Street Garden in the heart of downtown Dallas, Texas

Molding detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Monument at the tomb of Stephen F. Austin at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas

Moonlight towers and street near Victory Grill, Austin Texas

Mosaic on the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle, a Catholic shrine that draws thousands of pilgrims each week to San Juan, Texas, near McAllen

Mother longhorn and her calf at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

Most, but not all, cattle in a field in Ellis County, Texas, grab some shade on a sunny afternoon

Motorcycles parked outside the Dirty Dog Bar on East Sixth Street, locally known as "Dirty Sixth," in Austin, Texas

Mount Vernon, a near (but larger) replica in Dallas, Texas, of George Washington's Virginia estate home

Mounted buffalo head at the Hotel Paisano in Marfa, Texas

Muldoon's Saloon, El Campo, Texas

Multicolored farmland west of Lamesa in Dawson County, Texas

Muldoon's Saloon and Dance Hall in El Campo, a town in Wharton County in the Mid-Gulf region of Texas. The illustration at this entryway would suggest that this part of the building may have once housed a gasoline service station

Multi-colored rock formations just north of Big Bend National Park in Texas's "Trans-Pecos" region

Mural across from the San Ysleta Mission. The mission was built in 1682 by members of the Tigua Indian tribe who had been forced to flee their ancestral home near what is now Albuquerque, New Mexico. Located in El Paso, Texas

Mural at the Chamizal National Memorial, located in El Paso, Texas, along the United States-Mexico international border

Mural by Cleburne, Texas, artist Stylle Read in the outdoor eating area of the Reata Restaurant in Alpine, Texas

Mural by an unknown artist or artists on the wall of a small business on South Zazamora Street in southwest San Antonio, Texas

Mural depicting local history, including the era of an oil boom, accented by cattle brands, on a building in Kermit in Winkler County, Texas

Mural in town, depicting the chapel of San Elizario, founded in 1789, which is often mistaken for a Spanish mission, since it lies quite near two missions in nearby El Paso, Texas

Mural in town touting the community of Terrell, Texas, east of Dallas, and its tie to England

Mural depicting early camp meetings painted on the wall of a lumber company in Ingram, Texas

Mural depicting the wide-open spaces of the Texas panhandle, with the Texas state flag as a backdrop, on a building in McLean, Texas, a town along old U.S. Route 66 in the panhandle

Mural depicting pioneer Jack McNeal, who operated the first blacksmith shop in Ingram. Painted on the wall of a lumber company in Ingram, Texas

Mural depicting one of the 10 mills in the area in the 1850s. Painted on the wall of a lumber company in Ingram, Texas