Monuments

A solemn memorial in a majestic setting that honors a 1692 tragedy.

A memorial dedicated to a boating accident that was bringing troops back home from World War I.

Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.

A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.

Surrounded by a verdant garden and a backdrop of ivy, a monument to beloved poet Khalil Gibran stands outside of the Lebanese embassy.

This monument memorializes a violent massacre where colonial police killed 50 striking dockworkers.

A stone memorial marking the location where Scotland's first aeronautical flight landed.

This unusual stone monument marks the starting point of the epic and tragic event.

A memorial to the acting bear whose escape caused a sensation on the Outer Hebrides.

This haunting sculpture stands as a memorial to the torture victims of the Brazilian military dictatorship.

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

These plaques found across Warsaw commemorate the sites where executions or battles took place during the German occupation.

For millennia, explorers were obsessed with discovering the source of the Nile—is this small mountain stream really the answer?

This Neolithic-era complex boasts standing stones, a cairn, and the only henge in Western Scotland.