Monuments

High on a hill, an obelisk stands as tribute to local soldiers from several wars.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

Τhis feline monument commemorates fallen soldiers on a field that saw many, many battles.

The remnants of a WWI naval mine that once terrorized the country now decorates a street.

Surrounded by industrial sprawl, a small monument marks the site of William Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania.

The disputed geographic center, or "navel," of Italy.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

A prison tower–like edifice honoring a beloved local benefactor.

Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.

A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.