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Statues

Showa Daibutsu

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

Nihonji Daibutsu: The Great Buddha of Nihonji

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

Golden Summit Temple

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

Ushiku Daibutsu: The Great Buddha of Ushiku

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

Jeff Koons' Puppy

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Fountain of the Fallen Angel

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Phillips, Wisconsin

Fred Smith's Wisconsin Concrete Park

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

London, England

Traffic Light Tree

A student driver's nightmare.

Amarillo, Texas

Ozymandias on the Plains

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

Vientiane, Laos

Xieng Khuan (Buddha Park)

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

Whitehorse, Yukon

The World's Largest Weathervane, a DC-3

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

Giant Buddha

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

Bar-le-Duc, France

Transi de René de Chalon

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

Chicago, Illinois

Haymarket Square

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Kerhonkson, New York

Gnome Chomsky

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

Cabazon, California

Cabazon Dinosaurs

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Landers, California

The Integratron

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Haw Par Villa

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.