Monuments

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

A monument commemorating the 852 lives lost in the sinking of the MS Estonia.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

The hall of fame for circus performers.

This demonic monument commemorates a carving destroyed in World War II.

The oldest surviving stele in Japan is a personal dedication from a monk to his late mother.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

Here once stood an opulent state guest house that symbolized the Westernization of Japan.

A small stone monument marks the spot on Stavely Road where the first of hundreds of missiles touched down during World War II.

An abstract sculpture memorializing a student massacre that took place in 1971.

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.

A large boar commemorates the city's founding and the origin of its name.

A neglected spomenik overlooking the beautiful Kopaonik Mountains.

Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Serbia.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

Commemorating the planting of trees by the Atlanta chapter of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo.

Fears of Satanic worshippers swirl around five Celtic-inspired megaliths.

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.