Statues

A 17th-century Japanese bell brought back by U.S. sailors after WWII and later gifted as a symbol of peace.

Statues pay tribute to the icons of "Killer Dana," one of California's most famous surfing towns.

A statue commemorating 'the greatest inhabitant of Amsterdam of all time.'

Pugs with antlers are found all over the city as a homage to one of its most famous cartoonists.

A cynical face-off exposing the cost of war.

Among the cornfields stands a giant spider crafted from an old Volkswagen.

Take a selfie with one of the area’s founding fathers.

Two very different statues celebrate the literary legacy of this medieval Dordogne town.

This statue of the Virgin and Child is said to have miraculously changed its position during the 1692 earthquake.

A tribute to the forgotten origins of American religious freedom.

This enormous statue of the Buddha is a response to the destruction of the Bamiyan statues in Afghanistan.

A sculpture in Hyannis commemorates Chief Sachem Iyannough of the Mattachiest tribe.

A monument completed by a Third Reich sculptor in 1935 in Ankara's central park encourages Turks to "be proud, work hard, and have trust."

A statue of the forgotten American who helped transform Hokkaido and Japan.

A bronze fountain celebrating a strange, seductive, long-breasted, motherly creature from regional folklore.

Africa's own Christ the Redeemer looks over Angola's second largest city.

This controversial memorial to the Titanic's captain stands in a peculiar place.

Does this statue depict Thor, or Jesus Christ? Nobody knows.