Monuments

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

Avenue of trees planted by cosmonauts before their space departures.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

Four distinctly unique gardens commemorate the POWs who lost their lives during the Sandakan Death Marches of 1945.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.