Aerial view of some of the standout red-rock formations at the Garden of the Gods, a municipally owned and free park in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
For a century or more, photographs of this place as well as the bridge over the chasm known as the Royal Gorge and Pikes Peak Mountain above Colorado Springs have served as powerful tourist magnets for the state. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.