Monuments

This lighthouse at the very tip of the Horn of Africa in the Puntland region of Somalia is a relic of Italian fascism.

This statue honors the Philippine warrior who repelled a foreign invader and prevented Ferdinand Magellan from circumnavigating the globe.

A moving memorial to the first flight across the Alps and its tragic outcome.

A statue commemorating 'the greatest inhabitant of Amsterdam of all time.'

Freemasonry’s universal creed etched in limestone.

A stone record of five floods inside Liège’s cathedral.

Resting place and mausoleum of the founder and first president of Turkey.

The last blast furnace to close in New England offers a rare window into the region’s once-thriving iron industry.

A site dedicated to the civil rights case that helped desegregate schools in California.

The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.

A tribute to the riders who bridged East and West.

A sculpture in Hyannis commemorates Chief Sachem Iyannough of the Mattachiest tribe.

A monument completed by a Third Reich sculptor in 1935 in Ankara's central park encourages Turks to "be proud, work hard, and have trust."

A striking circle of basalt columns perched on Ibiza’s rugged western coast, aligning art, astronomy, and myth in a landscape where time seems to stand still.

A remote boulder commemoration to General Andrew Jackson and his command during their march toward Florida for the First Seminole War.

This oversized tribute to the nation's tiniest coin highlights the value of small contributions.

A remote desert monument marks where a priest and explorer entered what later became Arizona.

An installation at the border commemorates a battle from 972.