Monuments

This striking sculpture was created in memory of enslaved people, acknowledging that the city of Bordeaux was France’s second-largest slave-trade port.

The 21st century revival of one of the Olympic Games' oldest traditions, and its legacy.

The fifth geographically in a series of twelve statues commemorating westward expansion in the United States.

The last remnant of a controversial statue at Cape Town University.

This site is where Lewis and Clark met and formed the Corp of Discovery with a few local men.

This stone polylith serves as both a 100+ year old experiment and monument to the history of science.

Giant aluminum tusks erected over the main thoroughfare to commemorate a visit by Queen Elizabeth II.

Memorial to the brave indigenous defenders of the Canary Islands.

Commemorating the end of independent Gaelic Ireland.

A deserted site of Yugoslav remembrance.

A bronze sculpture honoring a famous Serbian writer and a character from his novel.

Towering metal swords commemorate a 12th-century victory.

A truly obscure, hidden Cold War monument.

The largest memorial to the Armenian Genocide in the United States.

Earliest version of the American flag can be seen atop the hill where it first flew.

This 15-foot red anchor sits on a rise overlooking the sea lanes of eastern Aruba.