High-resolution solid state NMR and its application to the characterization of solid state inorganic, organic, or hybrid materials, is undergoing rapid developments on both methodological and hardware points of view. Starting from a general presentation, we describe different methods that give access to the high resolution spectra; we then give examples of new methods that enable more detailed structural description through the selective reintroduction of anisotropic interactions (quadrupolar, chemical shift anisotropy, dipolar and scalar couplings). A special emphasis is given to the recent improvements obtained at high, very-high and ultra-high magnetic fields.