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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The Guggenheim Bilbao turns 25
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White Desert National Park, Egypt
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Hot and Spicy Food Day
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Traveling warblers
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Stuben am Arlberg, Austria
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Brotherly cubs
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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Feeling chic on Fashion Week
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Sharp-dressed bug
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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Busy building wetlands
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Cherry blossoms spring to life
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The dancing trees of Sumba Island
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Seitan Limania Beach, Crete
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Burrowing owls
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Let the holiday shopping commence
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Mount Hood, Oregon
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A learning garden
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Loud waters
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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Celebrate Mandela Day
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Honoring the fallen
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Celebrating the UN’s International Day of Families
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Take the Stairs Day
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Womens History Month
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Trevi in bloom
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A little blue