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Alice Hawkins was a suffragette from Leicester who will be commemorated in a new square.
statues

A New Statue Remembers A Forgotten, Working Class Suffragette

The controversial art of choosing who we do, or do not, commemorate.
Natasha Frost August 25, 2017
Cromwell's Corners was once called Murdering Lane.
Dublin, Ireland

Murdering Lane and Cutthroat Lane

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.
The Little Insurrectionist.
Warsaw, Poland

Mały Powstaniec (The Little Insurrectionist)

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
The Toppenish Murals.
Toppenish, Washington

Toppenish Murals

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.
Lee B. Lok (center) at his store, Quong Yuen Shing & Co, on Mott Street, New York, c. 1917.
history

How a Chinatown-by-the-Sea Popped Up on the Jersey Shore

A tuberculosis epidemic, a church, and one lucky break sent Chinese Manhattanites to Bradley Beach.
Eveline Chao August 24, 2017
Bradgate House.
Newtown Linford, England

Bradgate House

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.
Statue of Lenin at the museum in Tampere.
Tampere, Finland

Lenin Museum

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.
John Bartram's garden house.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bartram's Garden

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.
The parking lot and entrance.
Portland, Oregon

Kelly Butte Civil Defense Center

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.
Fannie Quigley leading pack dogs.
kickass women

Fannie Quigley, the Alaska Gold Rush's All-in-One Miner, Hunter, Brewer, and Cook

She used mine shafts as a beer fridge and shot bears to get lard for pie crusts.
Tessa Hulls August 21, 2017
A relief of surgical instruments.
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt

Temple of Kom Ombo

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.
Observers on a New York City rooftop, recording whether they saw totality for the Consolidated Gas survey in 1925.
science

How New York City's Electrical Utilities Observed the 1925 Eclipse

The predecessors to ConEdison wanted to know how an eclipse affected the grid.
Kelsey Kennedy August 21, 2017
The memorial stone and bridge.
Jonesport, Maine

Nellie Chapin Day Memorial

A memorial to an ill-fated Holy Land mission once described by Mark Twain as “a complete fiasco.”
The Garden of the Generalissimos, Cihu, Taiwan.
statues

Where Statues Go to Retire

Humans have been building statues and taking them down for a very long time.
Erik Shilling August 17, 2017
The replica of the of Big Christopher statue.
Riga, Latvia

Big Christopher

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.
Prague, Czechia

Paternoster Lift

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
The hospital tower.
Bethesda, Maryland

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.
The Nails outside Bristol's Corn Exchange.
Bristol, England

The Nails

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.