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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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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The globe skimmers return
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Tour de France
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World Art Day
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By the light of the fireflies
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The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
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Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
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Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
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Find a Rainbow Day
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Lunar eclipse
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Golden larches and Prusik Peak, the Enchantments, Washington
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Silver-studded blue butterflies
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Giants of the avian world
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Make way for robots
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Old underground cellar, Bavaria, Germany
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World Photography Day
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National Park Week: Olympic National Park, Washington
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The Feathers at Frenchman Coulee near Vantage, Washington
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Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
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Cool water in the Quinault
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A bridge that rocks
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A castle fit for a count
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Native American Heritage Month
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World Reef Day
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Bavljenac Island
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Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
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Reflecting on fall
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Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
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The Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve in Siberia, Russia
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Everyone s watching the Perseids