Strange Statues

Image of Depression era Dinosaur Park located in Rapid City, South Dakota, US | Some rights reserved by Thomas Huston
Rapid City, South Dakota, US

Depression era Dinosaur Park

Towering concrete dinosaurs give a window into Depression-era paleontology

Ever since learning of their existence, we've been piecing dinosaurs together, taking them apart, piecing them back together with different heads, naming them, debating them, and renaming them. In... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Dylan, Rachel and others

Image of Beatles Statue of Almaty located in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Beatles Statue of Almaty

The Beatlemania is still strong... at least in Kazakhstan

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Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Tawsam

Image of Statue of Elizabeth Montgomery | Statue of Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha from Bewitched

Statue of Elizabeth Montgomery

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sit-com "Bewitched"

At the end of the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall in Salem, MA, is six-foot-tall bronze statue of Elizabeth Montgomery. The statue was sponsored by cable channel TV Land and commemorates the 60s-era... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by JWOcker

Image of Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship located in San Francisco, California, US | Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship on Pier 14
San Francisco, California, US

Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship

"A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was"

A 40-ft-tall rocket ship glimmers in the sunlight on the rare occasion that the San Francisco fog allows it, and against the backdrop of the waterfront and the majestic Bay Bridge, this... »

Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Retro-Tech | Edited by DrArroganto and Rachel

Image of Holbein Horse located in Freiburg, Germany | Holbeinpferd in November 2011
Freiburg, Germany

Holbein Horse

A horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and locals

The Holbein Horse is a foal statue created by Werner Gürtner in 1936. Made of concrete and approximately as large as a normal horse, Holbeinpferd is famous for the fact that it is often... »

Outsider Art, Strange Statues | Edited by Rachel

Image of The Forts of Dessalines located in Dessalines, Haiti
Dessalines, Haiti

The Forts of Dessalines

An entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolution

The air was still, the moment tense. A legion of ragged, weary troops watched wide-eyed and breathless as their commander shouted, demanding their very best as he waved a torch above a keg of... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by MaudeSwift, Mark_Casey and others

Image of Penis Fountain located in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Penis Fountain

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination

Amsterdam is a city of permissions and tolerance, and home of one of the most famous red light districts in the world. Tourists flock from all around to indulge in, or at least gawk at the ladies... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by serflac and Rachel

Image of 'Le Pouce,' The Giant Thumb Sculpture located in La Defense, France
La Defense, France

'Le Pouce,' The Giant Thumb Sculpture

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in Paris' La Défense corporate park

Amongst the blur of towering glass skyscrapers, immaculately kept shops and cafes, glossy black cars, people rushing around in suits and everything else one expects to find in a financial... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Mark_Casey and Rachel

Image of Kilpeck Church located in County of Herefordshire, United Kingdom
County of Herefordshire, United Kingdom

Kilpeck Church

Detailed sandstone carvings show an array of symbolism, and adorable animals

Built during the Norman period around 1140, Kilpeck Church was given to the Abbey of Gloucester in 1143. The site is believed to have formerly been a Saxon church, and the oval shape of the... »

Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by serflac and Rachel

Image of Blackgang Chine | The giant smuggler welcoming you to the park

Blackgang Chine

The UKs oldest theme park slowly slips away

Nestled on a cliff top along the Jurassic coast of the Isle of Wight, the weird and wonderful Blackgang Chine boasts more than twenty attractions, but the most interesting feature is its slow... »

Geological Oddities, Strange Statues | Edited by lydiab and Rachel