Monuments

This original Mason-Dixon line cairn placed in the 1760s was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.

Dedicated in 1895, this is the world's first tribute to the hardworking newspaper delivery boy.

This giant work of Cappadocian pottery includes a memorial for the artisan who created it.

This mysterious pyramid is said to be part of a complex web of occult and Freemason symbols.

The northernmost point of continental Africa—or is it?

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.

While it would not look out of place among Serbian spomeniks, this massive Bulgarian monument commemorates one of their defeats.

Nobody's quite sure who erected this monument marking the spot where a gray wolf was shot and killed.

Dedicated to extinct passenger pigeons.

Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.

Where Saint-Martin ends and Sint Maarten begins (or vice versa).

Dr. Fleming's work saved the lives of many bullfighters thanks to his discovery of penicillin.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

Once known for its eerie appearance, this semicircular monument is all that remains of a Tokyo industrial icon.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.