On one side of a stone archway inside St. Mary's Church, North Bar Within, Beverley, England, there is a familiar looking carving of a perky upright rabbit, or perhaps a hare, holding a messenger... »

Strange Statues | Edited by Annetta, Dylan and others

A haven for criminals of all stripes, the sanctuary stones of Beverley marked an ancient boundary inside of which thieves and brigands could escape the law. Legend has it that King Athelstan... »

Strange Statues, Rites and Rituals | Edited by Annetta, Dylan and others

Every leader leaves behind a of trail of monuments named after them: foundations, schools, statues, and so on. Of course the biggest and the best almost always belonged to the most iron-fisted... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Dylan and Kiri_the_Unicorn

Allied bombs and rough seas have reduced the once mighty turn of the century giant into an armless ruin. Located at the end of a popular sunbathing beach in the Italian riviera town of Monterosso... »

Strange Statues, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Annetta

In the 1930s, workers from the United Fruit Company, clearing land in the Diquis Valley of Costa Rica, began unearthing large numbers of almost perfectly round stone spheres. The largest of these... »

Geological Oddities, Strange Statues | Edited by Josh

A monument to The King, erected by the Elvis fans of Krakow. The interesting thing about it is the appearance. Mr Presley's bust is half submerged in semi-transparent silicone, in a recess... »

Strange Statues | Edited by LeDoucheBouche

Discovered on January 8, 2003, by Aharon Shemoel on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel, was a lemon weighing an astonishing 11 pounds and 9.7 ounces, making it officially the world's largest lemon.... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Commercial Curiosities, Horticultural Marvels | Edited by wythe

For those who have yet to make it to Pisa, Italy, the Leaning Tower of Niles, located in Niles, Illinois, provides a similar -- albeit scaled down -- experience of the famous Leaning Tower of... »

Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities | Edited by anhie

Gilgal Garden is a wondrous little patch of land created by Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. in the mid-twentieth century. Hidden away at the center of a block behind houses and businesses, it contains... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dylan

Erected in 1919, the monument honors the boll weevil, a pest which destroys cotton crops and was once the scourge of Southern, Mexican and South American, agriculture. However, as always,... »

Strange Statues | Edited by cornutt