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Walls

SHAN Wallace, <em>The Makeover of Progress</em>, 2019. The Annenberg Space for Photography commissioned the photographer to document the wall along Detroit's 8 Mile Road, which segregated the city's working-class homeowners.

Photographers Take on the World's Walls, Borders, and Barriers

An exhibit documents the obstacles we erect, and how we overcome them.

Winnie Lee November 26, 2019

Eltham Toy Wall

Eltham, New Zealand

Eltham Toy Wall

What began as a makeshift lost and found, now exists as a unique art installation.

Wall 1.

Divani Palace Acropolis Fortification Wall

A preserved portion of an ancient Athens barrier is displayed in a hotel basement.

P-1 Level 1.

Klafthmonos Square Parking Structure Fortification Walls

Preserved portions of Athens's ancient defenses are on display in a subterranean parking garage.

Clach na criche.

Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Clach Na Criche (The Wishing Stone)

An ancient stone wall formed by lava that was a frequent stop during funeral marches.

Pounds for wayward livestock—like this one in Foster, Rhode Island—were considered so essential that communities were legally required to build them.

New England Is Riddled With These Mysterious Stone Enclosures

They’re town pounds—forgotten livestock pens that played a key civic role in colonial life.

Johnna Kaplan September 5, 2019

Banyeres de Mariola, Spain

Museo Torre Font Bona

An archaeological museum squeezed into a narrow 15th-century gate tower accessed only by a spiral staircase.

Lava pillows visible in the rock cut.

Meriden, Connecticut

Talcott Basalt Lava Pillows

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

Dawn on Charles V palace in Alhambra, Granada, Spain.

Muslim Gravestones of the Alhambra

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

Grates Cove Rock Walls.

Grates Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

Walled Landscape of Grates Cove

The stone barriers in this historic fishing village were once used for farming and gardening.

Some of the treasures found in the pilfered wallets.

Found: 15 Wallets From the 1940s, Stolen and Stashed Behind a Bathroom Wall

The cash is gone, but a lot of memories remain.

Matthew Taub July 10, 2019

Castillo de San Marcos from above.

St. Augustine, Florida

Castillo de San Marcos

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Washington Park Wall.

Brooklyn, New York

Washington Park Wall

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

Permanently Closed

Lecarrow, Ireland

Rindoon

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

Pretty, bad for historic walls.

Invasive, Photogenic Plants Are Taking a Toll on Istanbul’s Ancient Walls

One researcher is recommending a zero-tolerance policy.

Jonathan Carey June 11, 2019

Leelanau Preservers Tile Wall.

Leland, Michigan

Leelanau Preservers Tile Wall

The artwork honors those who are dedicated to preserving the beautiful Michigan peninsula.

The refurbished circus poster today, under glass.

A Wisconsin Bar Had an Enormous 1885 Circus Poster Hidden Within Its Walls

It wasn't meant to survive nearly that long.

Evan Nicole Brown May 21, 2019

Embedded human bones in the wall.

Cáceres, Spain

Don Alvaro Alley

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.