It was the autumn of 1945, not long after the end of World War II, when elected officials and local charities combined forces to build a giant “WELCOME HOME” sign in Seattle’s Magnolia ...

Startled residents of Gardner, Louisiana, alerted the sheriff last weekend over a black-and-white ‘welcome home’ sign in Hebrew that they thought bore a menacing Islamist message.

Idaho’s sign used to be covered in stickers from travelers hailing from all over. The sticker-covered sign was replaced with a brand new one last year, but not before being auctioned off for $2,025.