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Statues

House with Chimaeras

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

Mac the Moose

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Mac the Moose

The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.

Serpent column with the Obelisk of Theodosius in the background.

Istanbul, Turkey

Serpent Column

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Lisle, Illinois

Four Columns at Morton Arboretum

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

Norwich Plantation Garden

Norwich, England

Norwich Plantation Garden

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

Viking Ship Museum

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Batu Caves, Malaysia

Batu Caves

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The Temple of Dionysos

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Mae Klong, Thailand

Chang and Eng Memorial Statue

Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.

Fallen Monument Park

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

'The Thinker', often seen as a separate sculpture

Palo Alto, California

Gates of Hell Sculpture

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

An unidentified man sitting in front of the Cruger Island "ruins", probably in the early decades of the 20th century

Red Hook, New York

Mayan Ruins on the Hudson

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Mothman Statue

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The serene face of the Adams Memorial

Washington, D.C.

The Adams Memorial

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

"Snowshoe" Thompson...in the snow

Norden, California

"Snowshoe" Thompson Memorial Statue

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

Alien as "The Leviathan"

Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France

The Grotesques of the Chapel of Bethlehem

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Buffalo Bill Monument

Buffalo Bill Monument

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

N'Guigmi, Niger

UTA Flight 772 Memorial

The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.