Monuments

Semi-mystical manmade towers of rocks decorate this rocky seaside.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

A mysterious stele of unknown origin sits on the peak of this curious mountain.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.