Monuments & statues in United States
Detourmap maps 349 monuments & statues worth the detour in United States — memorials, colossal statues, triumphal arches. The best known is Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 150 most notable are listed here; the rest are on the map. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.
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Hollywood Walk of Fame
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Iconic
More than 2,700 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Holly…
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Washington Monument
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Renowned
Obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Lincoln Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Renowned
Memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
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Jefferson Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Renowned
Memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
United States' official memorial to the Holocaust in Washington, D.C.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
US national memorial in Washington, D.C.
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National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Notable
Memorial & museum in New York City commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks
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Georgia Guidestones
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Former monument in Georgia, United States
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Crazy Horse Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Mountain monument complex that is under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills
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Federal Hall
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Notable
Building and historic site in New York City
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Hearst Castle
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark located on the Central Coast of California, United States
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Kryptos
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Encrypted sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn
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Columbus Circle
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Notable
Monument, circle and neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City
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Marine Corps War Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Monument consisting of a large sculptural group on a circular base in Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Manzanar
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
World War II Japanese-American internment camp in California
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Kensington Runestone
Monuments & statues · Notable
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Notable
Memorial located in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C.
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World War II Memorial
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Notable
War memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
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San Juan National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
U.S. national park in Puerto Rico
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Springfield Armory
Monuments & statues · 18th century · Notable
Center for the manufacture of U.S. military firearms from 1777 until its closing in 1968
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
National memorial honoring Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Korean War Veterans Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
National memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
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Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Artwork and war memorial in Washington, D.C., by Henry Shrady and Edward Pearce Casey
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Statue of Freedom
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Notable
Artwork by Thomas Crawford, statue on top of the US Capitol
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Theodore Roosevelt Island
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Island and a national memorial located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
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Statue of Abraham Lincoln
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Statue at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
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Crown Fountain
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
Interactive work of public art in Chicago, USA
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Wright Brothers National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine
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Pink Triangle Park
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
Mini-park located in the Castro District of San Francisco, California.
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Lincoln Tomb
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Tomb of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, United States
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San Jacinto Monument
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Masonry column in Harris County, Texas, U.S
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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Historic Custis family mansion operated by the U.S. National Park Service, located within Arlington National Cemetery
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Flight 93 National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historic funerary monument in Arlington dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified
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Bethesda Terrace and Fountain
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Two architectural features overlooking The Lake in New York City's Central Park
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Washington Square Arch
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Triumphal arch in Washington Square Park in Manhattan, New York City
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Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
United States historic place
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John Ericsson National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Sculpture by James Earle Fraser
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Chimney Rock National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historic site in Nebraska, United States
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District of Columbia War Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Artwork by Frederick H. Brooke
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George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Masonic building in Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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National World War I Memorial
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Memorial in Kansas City to World War I dead
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
1833 fort located in Otero County, Colorado, USA
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John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Presidential memorial in the United States
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Cleopatra's Needle
Monuments & statues · 15th century BC · Hidden gem
Ancient Egyptian obelisk in Central Park, New York City
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Fountain of Time
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Sculpture by Lorado Taft in Chicago
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James A. Garfield Monument
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Statue in Washington, D.C., by John Quincy Adams Ward
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First Division Monument
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Artwork by Daniel Chester French
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Washington Monument
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Artwork by Enrico Causici and Robert Mills in Baltimore, United States
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Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Sculpture
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Adam-ondi-Ahman
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Historic site in Daviess County, Missouri, United States
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Lincoln's New Salem
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Recreated former frontier village in Menard County, Illinois
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Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Herbert Hoover in West Branch, Iowa
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
Public park in Manhattan, New York
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Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Tomb in Forest Park, United States of America
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New England Holocaust Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts
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United States Navy Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Monument in Indianapolis
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Korean Bell of Friendship
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Public art and neighborhood landmark
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Oklahoma City National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Memorial in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Monument honoring the 36th U.S. president
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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
United States historic place in Spencer County, Indiana
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Coronado National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
U.S. national park in Arizona
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Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historic site in Pennsylvania, U.S
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De Soto National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Memorial of the United States in Bradenton, United States of America
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
United States presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historic site in New York City
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Bronze sculpture at San Francisco
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National Monument to the Forefathers
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Monument in Massachusetts, United States of America
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Abraham Lincoln: The Man
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
The original statue, placed in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Several re-castings donated to other cities / coutries.
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Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Monument in Montebello, California, USA
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McKinley National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Burial place of William McKinley
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Chamizal National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historic district in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
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First Ladies National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum and library in Canton, Ohio
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Roger Williams National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Memorial of the United States in Providence, United States of America
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Eames House
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
House in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, USA
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Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
National historic Site of the United States in South Dakota
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Fort Larned National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
National Historic Site of the United States
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Historic Site of the United States in Wyoming
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Stonewall National Monument
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
U.S. National Monument in Manhattan, New York
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Indiana World War Memorial Plaza
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Urban feature located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Bishop John Carroll
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Sculpture by Jerome Connor in Washington, D.C.
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Birth of the New World
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
360 foot (110 m) bronze sculpture located on the Atlantic coastline of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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George Washington
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Marble statue by Horacio Greenough
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John Paul Jones Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Sculpture by Charles Henry Niehaus
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Bartholdi Fountain
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Monumental fountain designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi in Washington, D.C.
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Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Artwork by Thomas Hastings and Daniel Chester French
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Dupont Circle Fountain
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Artwork by Daniel Chester French
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Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Statue in Washington, D.C., by Antoni Popiel
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Astoria Column
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Tower in Astoria, Oregon, United States
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George Gordon Meade Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Artwork by Charles Grafly
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Giuseppe Verdi Monument
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Sculpture by Pasquale Civiletti
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Netherlands Carillon
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Carillon gifted to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands
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Robert E. Lee Monument
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Former public statue in Richmond, Virginia
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Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 18th century · Hidden gem
National Memorial of the United States in Pennsylvania
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Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historic site commemorating the 1889 flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Minidoka National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
National historic site commemorating the WW II internment of Japanese Americans in Idaho and Bainbridge Island, Washington
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Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Historic Site of the United States in North Dakota
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Birthplace and childhood home of John F. Kennedy
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Christiansted National Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
7 acres in St. Croix, Virgin Islands (US) managed by the National Park Service
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Johnson Hall State Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 18th century · Hidden gem
U.S. National Historic Landmark in Johnstown, New York
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Jack London State Historic Park
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
State park in Glen Ellen, California
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Los Angeles State Historic Park
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
State historic park in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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AIDS Memorial Grove
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
National monument commemorating AIDS victims
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Armenian Heritage Park
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
Park in Massachusetts, United States
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Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
War memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historic site in Brownsville (vicinity), Cameron County, Texas
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Old State Capitol State Historic Site
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Museum and historic site in Springfield, Illinois, USA
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Plaza de España
Monuments & statues · 18th century · Hidden gem
The location of the Governors Palace
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Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Artwork by Gordon Kray
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James Monroe Tomb
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Burial place of U.S. President James Monroe in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States
