Carol M. Highsmith

The grohmann museum is the world's most comprehensive art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work, at the milwaukee school of engineering

Carol Highsmith has donated her life's photography work of tens of thousands of images to the Library of Congress during her decades-long career.  The photography collection at the Library is the most historic photographic collection on earth and includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Highsmith has been doing a visual study of America for 40 years and travels the United States for about 10 months a year.

Wisconsin

House on the Rock Carousel, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Sitting room at the 1882 Hearthstone Mansion, Appleton, Wisconsin

Wood carvings of a Native American, mushrooms, bear and wizard, Eagle River, Wisconsin

Paul Bunyan statue, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Dells Mill, a gristmill in Augusta, Wisconsin

The Norske Nook Bakery & Restaurant in Osseo, Wisconsin

The "World's Largest Six-Pack" in the Mississippi River port of La Crosse, Wisconsin

The "Moongate" at the Riverside International Friendship Gardens, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Statue of Hiawatha at Riverfront Park in the Mississippi River port of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Limestone bluffs along the Mississippi, Great River Road, Wisconsin

Holstein dairy cow on a farm near Westby in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Girl sitting on pile of corn on a dairy farm near Westby in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Goats butting heads, farm in Westby in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Beast’s open mouth is a surreal hallway at the House on the Rock,  Spring Green, Wisconsin

Offbeat room with Tiffany lamps and rock like sofa’s in House on the Rock, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Japanese garden at the House on the Rock, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Reflecting pool at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin

State Capital building, Madison, Wisconsin

Bright-red kayaks at Brittingham Park's beach in Madison, Wisconsin

A "birdhouse" free library in Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Troll figures in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin

Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Bronze statue of woman in sculpture garden at the Grohmann Museum,  Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Conservatory of the Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

A historic circus “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” wagon at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin

A man and woman with elephants performing at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin

Curvy woman statue in a dress at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin

Aerial view of the Milwaukee Art Museum in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Aerial view of the Wisconsin Capitol and surrounding neighborhoods in Madison, Wisconsin

Aerial view of football field at University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Art Museum's signature Quadracci Pavilion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Atrium view of the shops of Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Gentleman with pink umbrella in a tub outside

Contestants at a Scheer's Lumberjack Show on the Namekagon River, Wisconsin

Giraffes at the Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Elaborate wagons, at Circus World in Baraboo, Wisconsin

Open area at the Johnson Wax Building, headquarters of the S.C. Johnson and Son, Racine, Wisconsin

Passing train on winter day in Prescott, Wisconsin

Taliesin, the "natural house" of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, , Spring Green, Wisconsin

German apple pancakes at Millie's Restaurant, Delavan, Wisconsin

Statue of man in red coat, yellow pants, a curled mustache on 30’ bicycle, Sparta, Wisconsin