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Napoleon's Angels

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Knife Angel.

Knife Angel

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

Air Crash.

Air Crash

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Garden of Phallus.

Thimphu, Bhutan

Garden of Phallus (Wangchuk Chenmoi Dümra)

This garden is very fertile.

"Car in Concrete."

Cáceres, Spain

Vostell Malpartida Museum

An old wool-washing house filled with Fluxus contemporary art.

Arctic Circle Marker

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

Big Boots.

San Antonio, Texas

World's Largest Cowboy Boots

These boots are made for selfies.

"Interrupted Flight" monument at Šumarice Memorial Park

Kragujevac, Serbia

Šumarice Memorial Park

Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.

Karl Marx Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary, Czechia

Karl Marx Monument

A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

Close up of phallic rock

Kharkhorin, Mongolia

Kharkhorin Rock

A mysterious phallic rock on the grounds of a Buddhist monastery.

A close-up of the Brooklyn Bridge Elephant Stampede Memorial.

The Best Memorials to Disasters That Never Happened

What, you've never heard of the Brooklyn Bridge Elephant Stampede?

Cara Giaimo September 28, 2017

Face sculptures at Yelang Valley

Yelang Valley

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

The monument.

Boston, Massachusetts

Potato Shed Memorial

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

Baker City’s salt lick statue.

Baker City, Oregon

The Great Salt Lick

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

Memorial to Mahomet Weyonomon.

London, England

Memorial to Mahomet Weyonomon

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

Man Controlling Trade.

Washington, D.C.

Man Controlling Trade

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

The sculpture the team from Mongolia created in their first year.

Breckenridge, Colorado

Breckenridge Snow Sculptures

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

The Codger Pole.

Colfax, Washington

The Codger Pole

A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.