Replicas

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.

Is this a portal to another side of the cosmos?

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

Scotland is filled with standing stones that date back hundreds or thousands of years. This is not one of them.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

A reproduction of a giant humanoid "fossil," a hoax buried locally for construction crews to find and gain national attention.

A totally unique, animatronic depiction of the Australian gunslinger's last stand.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

The room where the famous commander of the Catholic forces was murdered by Irish assassins during the Thirty Years' War has been reconstructed with many of his original possessions.

The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

A Hollywood-sign replica with a typo on a remote hillside.

A replica of the famous memorial statue at the Normandy American Cemetery hides in an office building in downtown D.C.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.