memorials Archives

Visiting Punchbowl Crater, Honolulu: Practical guide with hours, prices & tips

Punchbowl Crater, known in Hawaiian as Pūowaina, is an extinct volcanic tuff cone in central Honolulu that holds the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. This guide covers current opening hours, admission, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical tips for a first-time visit. This guide…

Visiting Hamilton Grange National Memorial, New York: Practical guide with hours, prices & tips

Hamilton Grange National Memorial is a National Park Service site that preserves Alexander Hamilton's restored home, within St. Nicholas Park in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips for planning a trip. This guide…

The General Grant National Memorial in New York City.

Visiting the General Grant National Memorial, New York City: Practical guide with hours, prices & tips

The General Grant National Memorial, commonly known as Grant's Tomb, is the final resting place of President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia, in Manhattan's Morningside Heights. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. This guide…

Visiting the Martyrs’ Memorial, Oxford: practical guide for first-timers

The Martyrs' Memorial is a Victorian Gothic stone monument at the junction of St Giles', Magdalen Street, and Beaumont Street in Oxford, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and completed in 1843. It commemorates the Protestant bishops Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer, burned…

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Monument in Washington DC.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington DC: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is an expansive outdoor presidential monument located on the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park, Washington DC. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport or parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. The information in this guide was updated in…

The Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington DC: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is an open-air presidential monument located on the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park, Washington DC. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport or parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. The information in this guide was updated in May 2026,…

National Mall bus tour vs bike tour: which Washington DC monuments and memorials tour should you book?

The bus tour does the monuments by night — floodlit marble, empty paths, ten stops in three hours. The bike tour does them by day, putting you on the Tidal Basin paths on two wheels with a guide who stops at each memorial and tells…

The view from the Commando Memorial in the Scottish Highlands.

Plan your visit the Commando Memorial in Spean Bridge, Scotland

The Commando Memorial is a bronze sculpture monument near Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands, dedicated to British Commando Forces from World War II. This guide covers opening hours, parking, facilities, accessibility and practical tips for planning your visit. You can visit as part of…

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall, Washington DC.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC: Ticket prices, hours & visitor guide

Planning a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC? Get essential info on location, visiting hours, and how to find names on The Wall with this guide. The first time I walked along the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC, I was…

The Dr Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington DC.

Dr Martin Luther King Jr Memorial, Washington DC: Ticket prices, hours & visitor guide (2026)

Visit the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in DC. Our 2026 guide includes opening hours and essential visitor information. The first time I walked through the Mountain of Despair and saw Dr King's figure emerging from the Stone of Hope, I was struck by…