Memorials

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

A remote gravestone on the moor marks the spot where a teacher's body was found under mysterious circumstances that remain inexplicable.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

Scattered monuments in the middle of the Sahara dedicated to the late Egyptian actor and desert explorer.

A stone in Wolin, Poland, marks the possible location of a legendary Viking fortress.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.