Memorials

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

Hidden high on a remote mountain peak is a humbling and mysterious Vietnam War memorial.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.

This grisly headstone doesn’t seem to be resting in peace.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

A promising candidate for the lost rock laid by George Washington was unearthed, but the hunt is still on.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.