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Memorials

A religious totem pole flanked by hand-crafted camel art and surrounded by 150-year-old buildings: Cleo's Ferry in a nutshell.

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Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

A riverside stone memorial dedicated to an unidentified hero.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Tupac Shakur Memorial

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

Leadville, Colorado

Irish Miners' Memorial and Cemetery

Thousands of unmarked, sunken graves in a pauper's cemetery.

Tirana, Albania

Postbllok Memorial

A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.

Galveston, Texas

1900 Storm Memorial

This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.

Rovinj, Croatia

Partisan and Victims of Fascism Memorial

A memorial dedicated to the 29,000 Istrian freedom fighters of World War II.

Antwerpen, Belgium

Heksensteen

A curious stone in a public square commemorates the victims of witch-burning.

Poreč, Croatia

Joakim Rakovac Memorial

A monument to one of Croatia's famous freedom fighters.

Port Denison, Australia

Port Denison Fishermen’s Memorial

A poignant site that pays tribute to lives lost at sea.

Lexington Park, Maryland

The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland

A ghostly cabin attempts to reverse the erasure of enslaved people through poetry.

Vienna, Austria

Gedenkstätte der Anatomie

A memorial to those who donated their bodies to science.

Yokohama, Japan

Indian Drinking Fountain

A memorial to the Indian victims of the devastating 1923 earthquake, built in glorious Mughal style.

Burlington, Vermont

Stopping Stones Memorial

Inspired by the work of a German artist, these brass installations commemorate the lives of enslaved Vermonters.

Geneva, Switzerland

Liszt Memorial

A memorial to a 19th-century composer who was known for driving crowds wild.

Southampton, England

The D-Day Wall

This little-known wall in Southampton stands as one of the most unique and personal monuments to D-Day.

Alishan, Taiwan

Pagoda of the Tree Spirit

A monument to placate the spirits of an ancient forest.

Paraburdoo, Australia

Red Dog Sculpture

This bronze memorial pays tribute to a local dog.