Sculptures

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This space-age looking obelisk rises over a city in the rainforest, meant to resemble the local castaña tree.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

This roundabout was renamed in honor of the Swedish king's royal fender-bender.