Statues

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians."

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This trio of bronze giants celebrate the influential trip to Britain that led to Botswana's independence.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

This Brazilian Lady Liberty is one of the few replicas that was actually made by the original designer.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.