Monuments

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.