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New York, New York
America’s Response Monument
It memorializes America’s initial military response to the terrorist attacks on our country on September 11, 2001.
Mexico City, Mexico
Antimonumentas and Antimonumentos
These "antimonuments" confront the Mexican authorities by memorializing the most troubling events in the country's modern history.
Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain
Monument to José Mata
This modest monument honors bullfighter José Mata, who hailed from a region of Spain where bullfighting has never enjoyed widespread popularity, the Canary islands.
Eivissa, Spain
Monument to the Hippies
This sculpture shows an iconic image typical of Ibiza that, however, did not take place here
Fall River, Massachusetts
Gates of the City or Portas da Cidade
This monument, 60 feet tall and 30 feet wide, is an exact replica of one in Ponta Delgada, Azores.
Munich, Germany
Michael Jackson Denkmal (Michael Jackson Memorial)
An unofficial monument to the late King of Pop sits at the base of a Renaissance composer's statue
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Red Rock Over Time: A Road Trip Through Native American History
Explore the living history of the American Southwest.
Oslo, Norway
Black Death Monument (Peststøtten)
Centuries before masks and sanitizer, Oslo’s oldest public monument remembers its last plague dead.
Washington, D.C.
John Ericsson Memorial
National Mall monument to the inventor of the screw propeller.
Otterburn, England
Battle of Otterburn Memorial
The memorial to this brutal battle between the English and the Scots has a surprisingly humble origin.
Lund, Sweden
Bluetooth Runestone
The technology company Ericsson erected a real rune stone to mark the birthplace of the wireless technology.
Miersch, Luxembourg
Monument 5X Beringen
This small monument commemorates the fact that seven villages named Beringen in five different countries have been united by a bond of friendship since 1959.
Cape Town, South Africa
Long March for Freedom
A collection of over 100 statues of people who fought for the freedom of South Africa.
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Bordeaux, France
‘Strange Fruit’
This striking sculpture was created in memory of enslaved people, acknowledging that the city of Bordeaux was France’s second-largest slave-trade port.
Lausanne, Switzerland
London 2012 Olympic Truce Wall
The 21st century revival of one of the Olympic Games' oldest traditions, and its legacy.
Richmond, Indiana
Madonna of the Trail
The fifth geographically in a series of twelve statues commemorating westward expansion in the United States.
Cape Town, South Africa
Cecil Rhodes Plinth
The last remnant of a controversial statue at Cape Town University.
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