These mask-like monsters of the Minster wish you a hearty "Happy Halloween"! That"s York Minster, by the way, the towering medieval cathedral in the heart of York, England, decorated with these impish figures meant to scare off evil spirits. Just don"t call them gargoyles (for that title to apply, they"d need waterspouts)! Statues like these fellas bear an even more Halloween-appropriate name: grotesques.
Happy Halloween!
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Back to the nest
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International Tiger Day
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A cry for independence
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Penguins can t fly!
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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A gentle wind fills this sail
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International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
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Honoring those who served
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Reflecting on fall
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The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
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The Grand Départ: Tour de France begins
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