in New Mexico, French Catholics in Quebec, and in the heavily Polish-Italian-Irish Catholic region of northeastern Pennsylvania, particularly around Scranton. In the northeastern United States, smaller shrines that do not make use of actual bathtubs are more common. Somerville, Massachusetts, a city which has traditionally had sizable Italian, Irish, Portuguese and (more recently) Brazilian populations, has over 350 Catholic yard shrines in a town of about four square miles, with more than 40 in actual bathtubs. See also Roadside memorial Wayside shrine Nicho Saint Iconography Notes Further reading "For the Love of Mary—Yard Shrines Honoring Blessed Virgin Have Devoted Following", St. Cloud Visitor (Newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota), August 16, 2001. External links A Creole yard shrine in Louisiana Front Yard Shrines and Wayside Shrines The Grotto of Unyang Pusan, South Korea Sacramentals Garden ornaments Architectural elements Wisconsin culture Minnesota folklore German-American culture Marian devotions