Boston, Massachusetts
Gruchy's Angels
Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.
New York, New York
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
Montreal, Québec
Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Montreal, Québec
City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.
Petersham, Massachusetts
All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Newport, Rhode Island
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Medzilaborce, Slovakia
An extraordinary museum devoted to the pop art legend created by Slovak artists.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Boston, Massachusetts
This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Boston, Massachusetts
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.