Sculptures

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

The world's first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

This dramatic monument in Colombia honors a little-known indigenous fighter for independence.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.