Monuments

The site of a legendary 14th-century battle and a controversial 20th-century speech.

This war memorial commemorates some of the world's first paratroopers.

Take in a sweeping views of Guanajuato—and save yourself a hike up a steep hill—on this funicular.

Originally commissioned as a sculpture to reflect the history of Belfast's red-light district, the final sculpture has been banned from Belfast public land.

This unusual sculpture honors the city's namesake, Octave Chanute, for his pioneering work in early aviation.

Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.

A watchhouse constructed from tombstones, to make way for a burial pit, for the victims succumbing to a deadly disease.

This statue honors Marvin Klegman, a heroic child who died while saving another boy's life in a 1949 earthquake, and shares his long untold story.

This remote river crossing was a popular campground on American westward expansion trails, and a former Pony Express station.

A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.

America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

An exquisite monument dedicated to fallen Partisan soldiers and anti-fascist fighters of Yugoslavia through symbols of gears and flowers.

Beneath this headstone lie the severed body parts of three individuals who were caught up in a bloody period of Scottish history.