Monuments

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.

A rare example of this century-old British tank stands near the center of town in Ashford.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

A memorial to a dizzying sports device and its creator.

The first, and perhaps only, monument dedicated to Wikipedia.

A pair of nearly 1,000-year-old temples profusely covered in meticulous stone carvings.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Oversized versions of a beloved toy dot a children's playground in a Spanish toymaking town.

An obelisk marks the farmhouse where the founder of Mormonism was born.

A monument marks the spot where the first Catholic missionaries arrived in Uganda.

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.