# U.S. place and history photographs Checked 7 September 2026. Photographs retain their individual rights. BrytaMaps does not claim ownership of these source photographs or imply endorsement by their creators or agencies. Images use the source composition; downloaded thumbnails are resized. Delivery files may be re-encoded as WebP without cropping or retouching. Lesson images preserve their aspect ratio. Some small navigation-card previews use a CSS crop. Links below identify the originals. ## Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/abli/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The stone memorial at Lincoln’s birthplace. The building is a later memorial, not his birth home. ## American Memorial Park NPS photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/amme/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A broad lawn and rows of trees lead toward the memorial flags at American Memorial Park. ## Andrew Johnson Homestead NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/anjo/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Andrew Johnson’s red-brick homestead with spring flowers and an American flag. ## Apostle Islands NPS Photo / Billy Flynn · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/apis/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A sandstone rock stack in Lake Superior, near a forested Apostle Islands shore. ## Asan Beach NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/wapa/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A view toward Asan Beach from Asan Bay Overlook, showing green hills, shoreline and ocean. ## Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/bicr/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The red-brick 16th Street Baptist Church, one of the connected civil-rights sites in Birmingham. ## Bunker Hill Monument Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monumento_de_Bunker_Hill,_Boston,_EE.UU.,_2007-08-01_DD_280.jpg) · [Image license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). The granite Bunker Hill Monument rises into the sky. It stands on Breed’s Hill. ## Cahokia Mounds Skubasteve834 · CC BY-SA 3.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monks_Mound_in_July.JPG) · [Image license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Monks Mound at Cahokia, with grass-covered terraces and a modern stairway to help visitors climb. ## Canyon de Chelly NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/cach/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Spider Rock rises from a canyon floor with green vegetation below red sandstone cliffs. ## Castillo San Felipe del Morro Druemdach · CC BY 4.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castillo_San_Felipe_del_Morro_aerial,_May_2024_-_02.jpg) · [Image license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). El Morro’s walls on a headland at the entrance to San Juan Bay, seen from the air. ## Craters of the Moon NPS / David Hunter · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/crmo/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Folded lava rock at Craters of the Moon, with mountains on the horizon. ## Devils Tower / Bear Lodge NPS/ S. Carter · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/deto/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The columned rock of Devils Tower, also known as Bear Lodge, rises above pine trees. ## Effigy Mounds NPS / Eaton Cote' · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/efmo/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A raised, grass-covered effigy mound beside forest. This is a cultural place, not a natural hill. ## Fagatele Bay Matt McIntosh / NOAA · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://americansamoa.noaa.gov/gallery/social.html) · [Rights context](https://americansamoa.noaa.gov/disclaimer.html). Fagatele Bay’s blue water and reef shallows curve around a steep, green, forested shore. ## Florissant Fossil Beds NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/flfo/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A pale petrified redwood stump beside living trees at Florissant Fossil Beds. ## Fort Christiansvaern NPS Photo: Diaz · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/chri/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Fort Christiansvaern’s yellow waterfront buildings at Christiansted, with green hills behind them. ## Fort Clatsop NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/lewi/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The replica of Fort Clatsop, made of wooden walls and surrounded by tall green trees. ## Fort Sumter NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The low brick walls of Fort Sumter, surrounded by harbor water and reached by a dock. ## Gateway Arch NPS/Jennifer Clark · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/jeff/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The Gateway Arch rises above trees and a walkway beside downtown St. Louis. ## George Rogers Clark Memorial NPS Photo / Brian McCutcheon · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/gero/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The circular George Rogers Clark Memorial beneath a rainbow. ## Gila Cliff Dwellings NPS/Janice Wei · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/gicl/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Masonry walls built inside a rock shelter at Gila Cliff Dwellings. ## Golden Gate Bridge Daniel L. Lu (user:dllu) · CC BY-SA 4.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Gate_Bridge_and_San_Francisco_skyline_from_Hawk_Hill_at_Blue_Hour_dllu.jpg) · [Image license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). The Golden Gate Bridge crosses the entrance to San Francisco Bay, seen from Hawk Hill at twilight. ## Golden Spike NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Two replica steam locomotives face each other at Golden Spike. They are not the original 1869 engines. ## Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad landscape NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/hatu/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A visitor looks across a marsh and water channel in the Harriet Tubman landscape. ## Historic Jamestowne Park Ranger Roger Green · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/jame/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A park ranger leads visitors through the grassy landscape at Historic Jamestowne. ## Hoover Dam, shared with Arizona Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) · CC BY-SA 4.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_Hoover_Dam_09_2017_4773_6x8.jpg) · [Image license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Hoover Dam curves across the Colorado River’s rocky canyon at the Nevada–Arizona border. ## ʻIolani Palace Jason Raia from Valley Forge, PA, USA · CC BY 2.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iolani_Palace_(15536110307).jpg) · [Image license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0). The ornate front of ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu, with a central balcony and tower. ## Independence Hall NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/inde/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Independence Hall, a red-brick building with a central tower, beyond a green lawn. ## Kennedy Space Center Ben Smegelsky · Public domain. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_view_of_the_Vehicle_Assembly_Building_(VAB)_at_NASA%E2%80%99s_Kennedy_Space_Center_in_Florida_on_June_22,_2020.jpg) · [Rights context](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_view_of_the_Vehicle_Assembly_Building_(VAB)_at_NASA%E2%80%99s_Kennedy_Space_Center_in_Florida_on_June_22,_2020.jpg). NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, with palm trees and water nearby. ## Knife River Indian Villages NPS photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/knri/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The reconstructed earthlodge at Knife River Indian Villages, with a grass-covered roof and wooden entrance. ## Lincoln Memorial NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The Lincoln Memorial and its reflection in the Reflecting Pool at dusk. ## Little Bighorn Battlefield Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Bighorn_Battlefield_MT2.jpg) · [Image license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). White markers stand in prairie grass at Little Bighorn Battlefield, with the river valley beyond. ## Little Rock Central High School NPS Photo / B. Schwieger · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/chsc/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Little Rock Central High School, with its broad brick facade and reflecting pool. ## Marsh–Billings–Rockefeller landscape NPS Photo / Kyle Jones · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/mabi/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The Pogue pond reflecting the surrounding forest in autumn at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller. ## Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Gary Tarleton, NPS, HFC · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/malu/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth home in Atlanta, with a porch and front steps. ## Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/memy/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The Evers family’s single-story, turquoise-and-brick home. ## Monroe Elementary School / Brown v. Board NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The entrance to Monroe Elementary School, now part of the Brown v. Board of Education historical park. ## Mount Rushmore NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The four presidential faces carved into Mount Rushmore, with pine trees in the foreground. ## New Castle Court House Museum NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/frst/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The interior of the New Castle Court House, with wooden benches and a raised courtroom area. ## New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/jazz/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A young musician plays a trumpet at a New Orleans Jazz park performance. ## New River Gorge Bridge NPS / Dave Bieri · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/757ca940-cc97-4b58-95f7-18daabae3831) · [Rights context](https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/757ca940-cc97-4b58-95f7-18daabae3831). New River Gorge Bridge stretches high across a forested gorge, above the river. ## Oklahoma City National Memorial NPS photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/okci/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The reflecting pool and illuminated grounds of the Oklahoma City National Memorial at dusk. ## Paterson Great Falls NPS Photo/Terry McKenna · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/pagr/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Water drops over Paterson Great Falls beside a bridge and wooded urban hills. ## Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/pevi/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The tall stone column at Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, seen from below. ## Pictured Rocks NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/piro/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Forest-topped sandstone cliffs beside the water of Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks. ## Pipestone National Park Service archive · photographer not named · Public domain. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pipe_quarry_01.jpg) · [Rights context](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pipe_quarry_01.jpg). A worked pipestone quarry with exposed rock faces and a path between them. ## Portland Head Light Photo by and (c)2014 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ) · CC BY-SA 4.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portland_Head_Lighthouse_Ocean_Horizontal.JPG) · [Image license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Portland Head Light and its keepers’ buildings above a rocky ocean shoreline. ## Saint-Gaudens' home and studio NPS/K. Cook · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/saga/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Aspet, Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ white home, framed by trees and garden plants. ## Scotts Bluff NPS/Brian Poffenberger · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/scbl/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). Scotts Bluff and trees reflected in water beneath a pink evening sky. ## Sitka National Historical Park NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/sitk/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A carved pole beside the wooded shore at Sitka, with the sun setting across the water. ## Space Needle Buiobuione · CC BY-SA 4.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Space_Needle_Seattle_Buiobuione.jpg) · [Image license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Seattle’s Space Needle rises above trees and people walking below it. ## Statue of Liberty NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The Statue of Liberty and its pedestal on Liberty Island, seen across the water. ## The Alamo Rob McBryde · CC0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portico_and_Facade_of_the_Alamo.jpg) · [Image license](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en). A black-and-white nighttime photograph of the carved entrance and facade of the Alamo church. ## Touro Synagogue dbking · CC BY 2.0. [Original image record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Touro_Synagogue,_Newport,_RI.jpg) · [Image license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0). Touro Synagogue’s white walls and tall arched windows, seen from its entrance gate. ## Weir Farm NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/wefa/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). The red Weir House and its white porch, surrounded by green garden plants. ## Wright Brothers National Memorial NPS Photo · Federal-work photograph. [Original image record](https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/index.htm) · [Rights context](https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm). A black-and-white photograph of the Wright Brothers Memorial on its hill, with a path leading toward it. ## Mae Jemison and Sharon McDougle NASA · KSC-92PC-1881, September 12, 1992. [Original photograph and context](https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/looking-back-astronaut-mae-jemison-suits-up-launch/) · [NASA factual and educational media guidelines](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/). No NASA or individual endorsement is implied.