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Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
44.4595, -88.2140
Luarca, Spain
Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
Mumbai, India
The Old Limestone Arch
18.9688, 72.8039
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Saratoga Springs, New York
Spit and Spat
Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Corpus Museum
The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.
Alrewas, England
'Shot at Dawn' at the National Memorial Arboretum
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
Cleveland, Ohio
World's Largest Rubber Stamp
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
ManÄ›tĂn, Czechia
Kostel SvatĂ©ho JiÅ™Ă Ghost Church
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Goldie 1971 - The Fallen Robot
A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.
Giessen, Germany
The Three Gossips
A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.
Washington, D.C.
Titanic Memorial
This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."
Charleston, West Virginia
Mortar Man
This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.
Neiva, Colombia
La Gaitana Monument
This dramatic monument in Colombia honors a little-known indigenous fighter for independence.
New York, New York
Alice in Wonderland Statue
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
Winchester, England
'Sound II' at Winchester Cathedral
This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.
Nairobi, Kenya
Kitengela Glass
A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.
Toulouse, France
Church of the Jacobins' Little Crushed Man
There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Woodstock, New York
Woodstock School of Art Sculpture Garden
A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.
Chloride, Arizona
Chloride Ghost Town
All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.
Brussels, Belgium
Commemoration of Peter the Great's Vomit
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
Saint Thomas, Ontario
Jumbo the Elephant
The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".
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