Monuments

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.