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The Tinkers' Heart.
Cairndow, Scotland

The Tinkers' Heart

A rare permanent monument to the Scottish Travellers.
Monument to Antonio Canova.
Venice, Italy

Tomb of Antonio Canova

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.
The Sweetheart Memorial in Fort Devens.
Devens, Massachusetts

Sweetheart Memorial

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.
One of the preserved brains found in the grave.
brain collections

Found: Dozens of Naturally Shrunken Brains in a Mass Grave

There are very few examples of naturally preserved brains.
Sarah Laskow July 17, 2017
The heart of St John Vianney, at the Church of St John Vianney in Dublin.
relics

The Practicalities of Transporting a 400-Year-Old Heart

How the traveling body parts of saints get through customs.
Linda Rodriguez McRobbie March 7, 2017
Only a select number of patients can experience holding their own heart in their hands.
medicine

What It's Like to Hold Your Own Heart

Baylor University Medical Center in Texas is encouraging transplant patients to meet their former organs.
Lauren Young February 17, 2017
Two lamb hearts and a goat heart.
food

I Heart New York

My quest to buy (and eat) as many different hearts as I could in a single day in the city.
Sarah Laskow February 17, 2017
The original Colleoni coat of arms.
hearts

In Heraldry, Hearts Can Symbolize Everything From Lily Pads to Testicles

Love, schmove.
Eric Grundhauser February 16, 2017
The inscription from a 1375 John Barbour poem translates to, "A noble heart can know no ease without freedom."
Melrose, Scotland

Robert the Bruce's Heart

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.
King Richard the Lionheart's heart is entombed beneath his effigy.
Rouen, France

King Richard I's Embalmed Heart

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.
San Francisco, California

Banker's Heart

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.
Phar Lap's heart at the National Museum of Australia.
Canberra, Australia

Phar Lap's Heart

The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.
The Heart of Midlothian marks the former entrance to the Old Tolbooth.
Edinburgh, Scotland

The Heart of Midlothian

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Frederick West, Britain's first heart transplant patient.
medicine

When Heart Transplant Patients Were Celebrities

In the 1960s, a new heart meant instant fame.
Andy Wright February 13, 2017
A modern-day silphium plant, named after its ancient analogue.
mystery

The Original Seed Pod That May Have Inspired the Heart Shape

This historical botanical theory has its roots in ancient contraceptive practices.
Cara Giaimo February 13, 2017
Aerial view of Galešnjak Island
Turanj, Croatia

Galešnjak Island

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.
Voltaire in marble resting atop his real, fleshy heart (as captured in 1924)
Paris, France

The Heart of Voltaire

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
Warsaw, Poland

Chopin's Heart

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.