Monuments

A biblically accurate ark located beneath a Hong Kong bridge is fun for the whole Christian family.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

One of China's last communal villages wears its ideals on its sleeve.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

Massive kielbasa stands 42 feet tall and weighs in at 12,000 pounds.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

America's first federal monument.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.