Statues

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.