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Sutjeska, Serbia
'Tamiški Kralj' ('King of Tamis')
A large concrete replica of a 12th-century figurine.
Carrizozo, New Mexico
'Intersection Point Zero'
This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.
Bologna, Italy
The Demon of Palazzo Salina
This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.
Genoa, Italy
Monteverde Angel
The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.
Antwerp, Belgium
The Whisperer
This interactive sculpture allows visitors to leave a message in case a friend passes by.
Lausanne, Switzerland
'Echodrome'
This large sculpture of white plates and forms is actually a huge sound amplifier.
Leiden, Netherlands
'Zhdun' (Homunculus Loxodontus)
This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.
Gadebusch, Germany
'Gadebuscher Münzschläger'
This unusual sculpture depicts how coins were made when minting was done by hand.
Hucknall, England
Hucknall Miners Memorial
This imaginative sculpture is a memorial to this town's former mining industry.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Paperback Bookshop Rhinoceros
This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.
Yerevan, Armenia
Spider Statue
Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.
York, England
The York Ghost Merchants
Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.
Aranđelovac, Serbia
Bukovička Banja Park
This spa park features an open-air museum of abstract marble sculptures.
Campbellford, Ontario
Giant Toonie
This giant Canadian coin is a monument to the artist who created its iconic emblem.
Olomouc, Czechia
The Zwinger Gardens
Once home to artillery, this garden offers more peace today than it did during its war-torn past.
Urbana, Illinois
Sons and Daughters of Deucalion and Pyrrha
Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.
Milan, Italy
'Saint Bartholomew Flayed'
This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.
East Peoria, Illinois
Franklin Street Bridge Monument
Steel remnants of a bridge make up a unique sculpture along the banks of the Illinois River.
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