Sculptures

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

A lush terraced garden full of thousands of colorful roses and mystical art.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.