Monuments in Hitchcock movies
In several movies, Hitchcock set climactic events in or around national monuments in the U.S. and Britain. In interviews, he explained his interest in using symbols of order as settings for the eruption of disorder.

Blackmail (1929): final chase through the British Museum
Saboteur (1942): climax at the Statue of Liberty
Strangers on a Train (1951): the villain stalks the hero
at the Jefferson Memorial
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1955):
attempted assassination at the Royal Albert Hall
North by Northwest (1959): murder at the United Nations,
climax at Mount Rushmore