Local History

This tiny island bears the name of Civil War veteran, fisherman, and local celebrity Richard Bassett.

This colorful monument commemorates a little-known story from the life of Abraham Lincoln.

An impressive Sasquatch statue marks the spot of a fated Bigfoot encounter that changed a community.

A set of rowhouses built for laborers at a glass company are the last of their kind in Annapolis.

Enthusiasts of the mid-20th century magician and comedian erected this statue in the small Welsh town in which he was born, even though the comedian only lived there for three years.

Maybe the most iconic character in the Easter (Holy Week) processions in Zamora.

A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.

This alleyway was named to honor the memory of a beloved local dog.

This São Paulo home became a lifelong prison for a woman with a tragic childhood.

A unique shrine dedicated to the deified skull of a 17th-century Tokyo courtesan.

The hairpin turns in this mountain road take the shape of a letter—is it a coincidence or a symbol of love?

On May 2, 1845, crowds gathered to watch a clown and four geese sail upstream in a bathtub. Then disaster struck.

This statue in Plaza San Francisco commemorates a beloved figure from 1950s Havana.

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

Associated with the famous wizard, it is said that when this oak tree falls, so will the town.