Hollywood is a physical district in central Los Angeles, but it is also a mentality and culture, and the Hollywood Sign has come to signify all of these things and more in a profound way. Few landmarks and monuments have been able to achieve the status of the sign, which is especially impressive considering that […]
Monuments are sometimes built to commemorate a person or event, and the monuments on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, were constructed to do both. Statues dedicated to Confederacy leaders such as Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson began to appear as early as 1890 and represented people and concepts that residents wanted to […]
There are famous markets all across the world whose history goes back decades, centuries and even millennia. These central gathering areas were often a place for people to come together to buy and sell items, conduct business and socialize. That’s exactly what happened at the Charleston City Market when it first opened its doors in […]
The Bucking Horse and Rider is a trademark of Wyoming and is featured on everything from license plates to coins, which illustrates how much everyone in the region identifies with this image and symbol. It’s part of the reason Wyoming is popularly known as the “Cowboy State,” and it’s also the reason that eight-foot tall […]
The Asheville Urban Trail is a walking tour of downtown Asheville, North Carolina, but it’s one unlike any other walking tour in the world. The self-guided walking tour loops 1.7 miles along a course marked by 30 stations, each with pieces of art and/or bronze plaques that describe the station and illustrate the history of […]
The bronze sculpture of a charging bull that sits in the Financial District in Manhattan, a short distance from Wall Street itself, has managed to capture the imagination of residents of New York City and visitors from across the world. Weighing over three and a half tons and measuring 18 feet long, the Wall Street […]
Monuments that honor those who have fought or fallen in a war have been erected for millennia, and they come in all shapes, sizes and forms. They can celebrate a set of victories just as easily as they can honor a series of sacrifices, although the reasons behind the erection of a given monument vary […]