Memorials

This may be the smallest length of railway in the United Kingdom.

These small, brass stones commemorate the first Roma victims of the Holocaust.

The Hungarian linguistics expert who wrote the first Tibetan–English dictionary was laid to rest in a remote Indian cemetery.

A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

The grave of Mrs. Reginald Hargreaves, who inspired the tale 'Alice in Wonderland.'

A tangible and sobering reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

This memorial commemorates a defining 16th-century battle between English and Scottish forces.

This carved memorial is dedicated to the miners who died working in the town's collieries.

This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.

In the middle of an abandoned stretch of old Route 50 lies a tombstone that weighs three tons.

This statue of the legendary Austrian composer is hidden in the center of an Italian town.

Access to this hidden site of a 14th-century mass suicide is prohibited, unless it is to pray for the dead.

This plaque commemorates an amazing 19th-century sea rescue.

One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.

This monument commemorates the only American soldiers to have directly fought Russians during World War I.