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!
Today in History
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Happy Independence Day!
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Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia
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Celebrate International Women’s Day
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World Space Week begins
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The crossroads of empires
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I ll call for pen and ink
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Waimea Canyon and Waipoo Falls, Kauai, Hawaii
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A red knot on the Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Beavers Bend
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A path lain with petals
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Jeju Island, South Korea
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Provence blooms with lavender at Sénanque Abbey
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World Water Day
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A personal collection becomes an institution
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A cliffside harbor in Sardinia
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Celebrating National Panda Day
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American Eagle Day
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Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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Arbor Day
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Cetacean Saturday
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The parenting of a piping plover
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Winter solstice
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State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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Australian baobab tree, Kimberley region, Western Australia
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Mount Segla, Senja Island, Norway
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Chilling out in the Arctic
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines