Memorials

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

The tragic death of 19-year-old Mabel Tainter in 1886 led to the construction of this unique Victorian-era theater in the northern woods of Wisconsin.

Located in the place where the Columbia space shuttle came down, a museum-memorial that is both touching and informative.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

Commemorating the landing of William of Orange with his European army on their way to the Battle of the Boyne.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

A striking statue commemorates the men who worked underground in Kingshill and Allanton.

A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

A statue in Balderas subway station honors the rock star who wrote about it in a song.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

This former hostel is now an art gallery and a memorial for 15 backpackers who lost their lives to a tragic act of arson.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

A stone monument dedicated to Indian soldiers who fought and died for the British Indian Army during World War I.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

One man and his dog, immortalized in a giant statue.

When this 160-year-old church was being built, a stonemason included a hidden homage to his late daughter.