You can leave a piece of your heart — or, more specifically, your heart‑shaped padlock — in Astoria. The Love Locks project at Astoria’s Pier 39 invites people to purchase a kit with a heart-shaped ...

Love locks have been slowly disappearing from the Old Red Bridge in south Kansas City off Red Bridge Road, as an amateur locksmith from Overland Park admits to using the locks to practice his skills.

Learn all about the tradition and where you can take part in it, and where not to. Some people call love locks romantic; others think they’re unsightly vandalism to public property. It all depends on ...