Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 2010s

Pink rhymes with Wink, which is the West Texas town in which this store window was photographed

Piglets at the living-history site interpreting the Texas Blackland Prairie region in North Texas in Plano, a northern suburb of Dallas, Texas

Pleasantly decorated garden shed near the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Abilene, Texas

Plaque for the Fort Griffin Civil Jail in the Fort Griffin townsite, near the U.S. Army's frontier post of Fort Griffin in Shackelford County, Texas

Planked pathway through the Polk County portion of Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Service area set aside to protect plants and wildlife in the swampy Big Thicket, a heavily forested corner of Southeast Texas

Plank walkway in Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Service area set aside to protect plants and wildlife in the swampy Big Thicket, a heavily forested corner of Southeast Texas

Planked trail through Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Service area set aside to protect plants and wildlife in the swampy Big Thicket, a heavily forested corner of Southeast Texas

Plastic flowers festoon Mt. Carmel Cemetery in El Paso, Texas

Pocked rocks in Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site in the low mountains above El Paso, Texas. The weathered rock is ideal for rockclimbing

Poppies, Fredericksburg, Texas

Pooch-themed art at the Deep Ellum "bark park," an off-leash dog park in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood composed largely of arts and entertainment venues near downtown in Old East Dallas, Texas

Pooch-themed art in the form of this identifying neon sign at the Deep Ellum "bark park," an off-leash dog park in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood composed largely of arts and entertainment venues near downtown in Old East Dallas, Texas

Pooch-themed art at the Deep Ellum "bark park," an off-leash dog park in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood composed largely of arts and entertainment venues near downtown in Old East Dallas

Portion of a colorful taco stand in Havana, Texas, near the Rio Grande River in Hidalgo County, Texas. The designation traces to the Cuban capital, after which the original Spanish land-grant holder named the town after visiting Cuba in 1767

Portion of the herb garden at Log Cabin Village, a living-history museum complex in Fort Worth, Texas, owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth

Portion of a mural ("Have a Rice Day") by Dayton Wodrich on building in El Campo, a town in Wharton County in the Mid-Gulf region of Texas. The play on words relates to the community's principal industry, the processing of rice, grown in nearby fields

Power lines and towers near Snyder in Scurry County, Texas

Presenters Thornton Young, left, and Wes Hughes "shoot" it out at the Old West town, audience-participation theme park, working cattle ranch, and frequent movie, TV-commercial, and country-music video venue at Enchanted Springs Ranch outside the town of Boerne, west of San Antonio in the Texas Hill

Powder horns displayed in the Texan camp at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history retelling and demonstration of the historic Battle of San Jacinto

Power towers and lines in Ellis County, near in Italy, Texas

Power towers and lines near Italy, Texas, in Ellis County

Prada Marfa is a permanently installed sculpture by artists Elmgreen and Dragset, not in nearby Marfa, Texas, but near the town of Valentine, Texas

Prickly-pear catci growing in Marfa in Presidio County, Texas

Prickly-pear cacti outside a modernist adobe residence in Marfa, in Presidio County, Texas

Prickly pear cacti and an old wagon wheel near a shed at the Buffalo Gap Historic Village in the unincorporated Taylor County, Texas, town of the same name, near Abilene

Prickly pear cacti and an old, rusty tractor near a shed at the Buffalo Gap Historic Village in the unincorporated Taylor County, Texas, town of the same name, near Abilene

Prize longhorn steer (and his keeper) at the Zapata County Fair in Zapata, Texas

Procession of power towers and lines in Van Zandt County in East Texas

Procession of electrical transmission towers in Van Zandt County in northeast Texas

Prior to setting off on a canoe trip through Santa Elena Canyon, deep in Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas, Cara Berkman and her daughters, Abby, Katie and Hannah Berkman, check the relatively low level of the Rio Grande River. Mexico is to the left, the United States to the right Phy

Prize longhorn steer (and his keeper Billy G. Bedford) at the Zapata County Fair in Zapata, Texas

Provocative neon sign at a Lucy's Fried Chicken location on Burnet Road in Austin, Texas

Quinta Mazatlan, a historical adobe mansion within a nature and birding center in McAllen, Texas

Quaint shop in the unincorporated Taylor County, Texas, town of the same name, near Abilene

Radha Madhav Dham (2014) by Highsmith, Carol

Rancher (and noted chuckwagon cook) Cliff Teinert at the Fort Griffin townsite, near the U.S. Army's frontier post of Fort Griffin in Shackelford County, Texas

Railroad tracks and rails turned into art sit alongside the entrance to the roadway leading to the Rusk, Texas, terminal of the Texas State Railroad, a scenic line that runs through East Texas to the town of Palestine

Ranch scene in the Texas Hill Country, near Burnet

Ranch scene in Red River County, Texas

Ranch entrance between the towns of San Elizario and Fabens in El Paso County, Texas

Rattlesnake emporium in the town of Fort Davis, Texas

Rear view of Calvin Osife, whose heritage traces to the Navajo people of Chinle, Arizona, wears a Northern traditional dress 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

Reenactor Larry Jackson before the encounter at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history retelling and demonstration of the historic Battle of San Jacinto, La Porte, Texas

Remnants of an old stone house in the small settlement of Terlingua, Texas, just north of Big Bend National Park in Brewster County

Remains of an old gas station in Robert Lee, the county seat of Coke County, Texas

Remnants of a fresco showing Jesus on the Cross at 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

Remains of a fallen branch in the Polk County portion of Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Service area set aside to protect plants and wildlife in the swampy Big Thicket, a heavily forested corner of Southeast Texas

Religious figure at the chapel of San Elizario, founded in 1789, is often mistaken for a Spanish mission, since it lies quite near two missions in nearby El Paso, Texas

Remnants of an old country store in little Langtry, Texas

Remnants of enlisted men's cabins at Fort Griffin, a state historic site in Shackelford County, Texas

Replicated blacksmith shop at the Fort Griffin townsite, near the U.S. Army's frontier post of Fort Griffin in Shackelford County, Texas

Replicated frontier cabin at the Fort Griffin townsite, near the U.S. Army's frontier post of Fort Griffin in Shackelford County, Texas

Replica of a one-room schoolhouse from Ponder in Denton County, Texas, at the Heritage Farmstead Museum, a living-history site interpreting the Texas Blackland Prairie region in North Texas in Plano, a northern suburb of Dallas, Texas

Replica of Shaunissy's Saloon at the Fort Griffin townsite, near the U.S. Army's frontier post of Fort Griffin in Shackelford County, Texas

Restaurant sign above the River Walk, also known as the Passeo del Rio, a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath the streets of Downtown San Antonio, Texas

Resting bench along the trail in Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Service area set aside to protect plants and wildlife in the swampy Big Thicket, a heavily forested corner of Southeast Texas

Restaurant outdoor seating umbrellas and a passing tourist barge at the River Walk, also known as the Passeo del Rio, a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath the streets of Downtown San Antonio, Texas

Resting spot at the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston, Texas

Retired major-league baseball star Lance Berkman and members of his family, in his canoe and others ahead, set off on a family canoe trip on the Rio Grande River through Santa Elena Canyon, deep in Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas. Mexico is to the left, the United States to the righ

Restored former "ghost sign" of a Dr. Pepper ad on the side of Dee's Place soda fountain and diner in Corsicana, Texas