monuments

Dedicated to the Celtic-Roman goddess Sulis Minerva, these ancient Roman baths are still fed by a sacred hot spring. The site museum displays excavations and artifacts from the baths and temple.

Dating from around 2500 BCE, this magnificent stone circle occupies a scenic location between two lakes on Orkney. At nearly 104 meters in diameter, the Ring of Brodgar is the third-largest stone circle in Britain.

Jane Austen lived in this townhouse at 4 Sydney Place with her family from 1801 to 1805.

One of the most famous monuments in Paris, the Roman-style Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 to celebrate military victories and honor the memories of fallen soldiers.

This larger-than-life bronze statue of Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume was commissioned by the Duke of Edinburgh and sculpted by Sandy Stoddard in 1996.

The Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the battlefield of the Vicksburg Campaign in the Civil War. The extensive park is dotted with over 1,400 monuments and memorials and includes a museum showcasing the ironclad ship U.S.S. Cairo.

Built in 1930, this small covered bridge over Mosby Creek has been restored and is now open only to pedestrians.

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, which had long been popular with black musicians visiting Memphis. The motel is now part of the National Civil Rights Museum.