The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

A network of fortifications that never saw conflict.

A rare survivor from the age of plagues.

This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

This Victorian-era walkway is just one of the many 19th-century treasures in Whitehead.

A local remembrance for lives lost—a poppy for each—in war more than 100 years ago.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

A monument at the site of the Towner School Bus Tragedy, which lead to changes in school bus safety.

A painting to honor the oldest reserve squadron in the Royal Air Force.

A hunched figure depicted on the signs honors a local gentleman who died on an Antarctic expedition.

Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.

The largest Canadian war cemetery in Italy commemorates those who died in one of the bloodiest battles of the Italian campaign during World War II.

This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."

A 150-year-old steam locomotive crosses the southern half of the island daily.