Spanish Town is the oldest neighborhood in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Placed on the National Register in 1978 and becoming a Local Historic District in 2008, it has a history that is essential to the entire region. This significance is personified by an icon of a lion that appears all across Spanish Town, […]
Dedicated to all airmen who wore the uniform of the Armed Forces of the United States in time of conflict, the Steve Canyon Statue is othe most notable attraction in Idaho Spring, Colorado. The piece depicts the fictional character of Canyon, who represents an ideal that the city came to embrace in multiple ways. However, […]
Located on private land in Orange, Texas, the Confederate Memorial of the Wind is a circular monument built in a simplified neoclassical style. Erected in 2013 by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, it has 13 columns arranged in a circle, one for each Confederate state. It is also set to have 32 flags representing U.S. […]
The Marquis de La Fayette, better known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. He commanded American troops in several battles, including the siege of Yorktown. As such, he has numerous and notable monuments located throughout the United States. However, the statue […]
Mentioned as the centerpiece of a downtown Jersey City neighborhood and historic district, Van Vorst Park is located in Jersey City, New Jersey. While it has been positioned as the town square, the plain features and overgrowth of plants prevent it from truly being recognized as one, despite the prominence to the past and present […]
A series of busts of Latin American leaders reside along a parking median in downtown Miami, Florida. Most of them honor the people who helped liberate specific South American countries but all of them are connected to individuals that have greatly impacted one or multiple modern countries in Central and South America. Their placement without […]
The completion of the Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad in the early 1900s allowed Key West and other communities along the Florida peninsula to become literally connected with the rest of the United States, enabling it to become an international destination. This transformation is called out at the Henry Flagler Overseas Railroad monument, but the way […]