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Kent, England
Queen Bertha and King Æthelberht
Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.
Aireys Inlet, Australia
Buckley's Bunyip
A tribute to one man's encounter with a frightening cryptid.
Musselburgh, Scotland
Rough Wooing Memorial
Sculptures depicting Scottish and English soldiers in battle honor a 16th-century conflict.
Bristol, England
'Phoenix and the Four Elements'
An alchemical monument that represents "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water."
Budapest, Hungary
Gömböc
The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.
Brooklyn, New York
'Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness'
This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.
Kirriemuir, Scotland
'Tick Tock'
A re-purposed wooden sculpture, depicting one of Scotland's most beloved writer's amphibious creations.
Ghent, Belgium
'Jonas'
An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.
Guadalajara, Mexico
'Sincretismo'
A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.
Cergy, France
'Axe Majeur' ('Major Axis')
This massive sculptural work outside of Paris was four decades in the making—and it's still not quite complete.
Smygehuk, Sweden
'Famntaget' ('The Embrace')
This statue standing near Sweden's southernmost point was based on the grandmother of a modern movie star.
Recife, Brazil
'Monument Tortura Nunca Mais' ('Torture Never Again')
This haunting sculpture stands as a memorial to the torture victims of the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Norfolk, Virginia
'Navigator'
A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
'Time and Tide Bell' at Bosta Beach
One of a series of sculptures making a statement about sea-level rise in the United Kingdom.
Barcelona, Spain
'El Petó de la Mort' ('The Kiss of Death')
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
Savannah, Georgia
Jen Library Bee
You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.
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What's the Big Deal With Australia's 'Big Things'?
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St. Petersburg, Florida
Imagine Museum
You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.
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