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Chet Smolski describes this building as a science research building of the 1920s. This building is part of Karazin Kharkov National University. The park from which the photo was taken is called Svobody Square or Freedom Square. The building is a…

Ghiradelli Square was originally the headquarters for the Ghiradelli Choolate Company, which purchased the entire city block in 1893. In the 1960s the square went up for sale and the purchasers readapted it to house a restaurant and shops making it…

The Marine Corps War Memorial stands as a symbol of this grateful Nation's esteem for the honored dead of the U.S. Marine Corps. While the statue depicts one of the most famous incidents of World War II, the memorial is dedicated to all Marines who…

  The Samuel Adams Statue and Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. The historic building was originally a market built in 1742 by Peter Faneuil. Town hall meetings were held at Faneuil Hall between 1764 and 1774.  It was during the town hall…

  The Fisherman’s Memorial Statue at Land’s End on Bailey Island in Maine. The statue bears the inscription,  "to all Maine Fisherman who have devoted their lives to the sea” in honor of the state’s lobster fisherman. The statue is a replica of the…

  The Marine Corps War Memorial stands as a symbol of this grateful Nation's esteem for the honored dead of the U.S. Marine Corps. While the statue depicts one of the most famous incidents of World War II, the memorial is dedicated to all Marines who…

  The “Independent Man” was first proposed to be a statue of Roger Williams at the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Historical Society in 1895. The statue, to be placed atop the proposed new State House, was designed by George T. Brewster for…

A monument in Kharkov to Ukraine’s greatest poet and artist who wrote and fought as a revolutionary democrat against serfdom and Tsarist rule. The monument is in Dzerzhinsky Square in Kharkov. A competition for the best Schevchenko monument took…