Monuments

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.