Crosses

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

A medieval emblem located in the middle of a racetrack.

This simple wooden cross is said to mark the grave of an unknown sailor who washed ashore nearby.

The only surviving relic of the abandoned Dominican convent.

Dedicated to the victims of a tragic ferry disaster in Goa.

This cross marks the site of a 16th-century Portuguese gunpowder factory.

This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.

A rare example of a gritstone cross in this region of the United Kingdom.

This shrine is dedicated to a symbol of the Maya people's struggle against inequality and injustice.

This concrete memorial commemorates a group of brave locals who saved the crew and passengers of a wrecked ship.

A private home envelops the ruins of this 13th-century priory.

On a remote footpath and surrounded by beautiful Sussex countryside sits Sussex’s smallest cemetery.

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

The cross-shaped memorial is filled with kitschy tributes to the late pop star.

This giant metal cross perched atop a mountain can only be reached by foot.

An ancient Incan convent on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Moon.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.