Local History

Celebrating the famous Nebuta festival of Aomori and showcasing its huge papier-mâché floats.

A unique public space where the walkway is paved with thousands of porcelain tiles.

This shrine is home to an unusual trifold torii and a replica Trafalgar Square lion.

This down-home diner has been serving up comfort foods for over 100 years.

This historic drug store-turned-museum served an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.

This downtown statue pays tribute to the Native American game that gave the city of La Crosse its name.

This 19th-century outhouse has been recognized as a historic site.

This rural park in central Wisconsin honors one of the world’s most prominent numismatists.

This California town keeps a graveyard of its retired, decorated fire hydrants.

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.

Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz, who created the iconic cartoon that features Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and more.

The final resting place of Dicky Pearce, the last court jester in England.

The grave of the mythical giant who stole from wealthy bakers to give to the poor.

Carved wooden graves mark the plots at this cemetery in an old mining town.

Workers have collected salt here in a process virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages.

This statue of an everyday cleaning tool sits proud upon a plinth in Manchester's coolest quarter.