Statues

A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.

A mysterious, hidden cluster of Buddha sculptures carved into the rocks.

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

A wooden statue of an Estonian pagan god and King of the Setos stands atop a sacred hill.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

A statue of a boy looks up at where the famous rival to the Leaning Tower of Pisa once stood.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

A crescent of 12 simple statues poised on a small windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland.